All-China Youth Federation

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All-China Youth Federation
Chinese: 中华全国青年联合会
Emblem of the All-China Youth Federation.svg
Formation1949[1]
TypeFederative body of Chinese youth organizations led by the Chinese Communist Party[1][2]
Purpose"national development and world peace", "represent and protect the legitimate rights and interests of young people and promote youth participation and development"[1]
HeadquartersBeijing[1]
Region served
China
Membership
~77,000[1]
President
Yang Yue[1]
Main organ
National Committee
Parent organization
World Federation of Democratic Youth (Historical)
Affiliations16 national member organizations, 36 provincial member organizations[1]
Websitehttp://www.acyf.org.cn/index.htm
All-China Youth Federation
Simplified Chinese中华全国青年联合会
Traditional Chinese中華全國青年聯合會

The All-China Youth Federation (Chinese: 中华全国青年联合会, ACYF) is a people's organization founded on May 4, 1949 that represents many youth groups in China, including the Communist Youth League of China.[1] Former paramount leaders and General Secretaries of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao[3] and Jiang Zemin were both members.

Tasks[]

According to its official website, the basic tasks of All-China Youth Federation are:

  • Hold aloft the banners of patriotism and socialism
  • Encourage young people to study Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory and to study the socialist market economy, modern science and technology and general knowledge
  • Extensively represent and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of young people of all ethnic groups and all walks of life
  • Guide young people to actively participate in social activities and work hard to help them develop healthily and become well-trained
  • Actively develop ties of friendship with young people of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese
  • Consolidate and develop the situation of social stability and unity in China, promote its socialist modernization drive, push the development of the socialist market economy, improve the socialist democracy and legal system and promote the reunification of the motherland and defend the peace and development of the whole world.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "About All-China Youth Federation". China.org.cn. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  2. ^ http://vweb.youth.cn/cms/2006/qlwx/ywb/abo/200605/t20060525_326585.htm Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine All-China Youth Federation
  3. ^ "Hu Jintao". People's Daily. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ^ http://vweb.youth.cn/cms/2006/qlwx/ywb/abo/200605/t20060525_326585.htm Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine All-China Youth Federation

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