Michelle Ye, left, waits for a Hangzhou 2022 volunteer interview ©Hangzhou 2022

Volunteer trials for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games had a surprise entry as actress Michelle Ye was spotted at the selection process.

Ye went through several rounds of interviews just like the other candidates, according to a member of the Organising Committee.

Now 41, Ye was born in Hangzhou.

She shot to fame soon after winning the Miss Chinese International beauty pageant in 1999.

Ye starred in films including Accident, as well as the television series Eternal Happiness and Triumph in the Skies.

Her small-screen persona also extends to having been an on-site reporter for Hong Kong broadcaster TVB at the Athens 2004 Olympics.

Michelle Ye is one of 220,000 people to have applied to be a volunteer at the next Asian Games ©Hangzhou 2022
Michelle Ye is one of 220,000 people to have applied to be a volunteer at the next Asian Games ©Hangzhou 2022

Approximately 220,000 people, including 1,800 foreigners, have applied to be Hangzhou 2022 volunteers, according to organisers.

Around 15,000 candidates are fluent in foreign languages such as Japanese, Korean, French, Russian and Arabic.

Ye partially grew up in the United States and is fluent in English.

The enrollment process should largely be concluded by March, Hangzhou 2022 estimates.

Hangzhou 2022 is set to take place from September 10 to 25 this year, which would make it the third Chinese city to stage the Asian Games after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.