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中华全国青年联合会 | |
Formation | 1949 [1] |
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Type | Federative 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] |
Headquarters | Beijing [1] |
Region served | China |
Membership | ~77,000 [1] |
President | Xu Xiao |
Main organ | National Committee |
Parent organization | World Federation of Democratic Youth (Historical) |
Affiliations | 16 national member organizations, 36 provincial member organizations [1] |
Website |
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All-China Youth Federation | |||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中华全国青年联合会 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中華全國青年聯合會 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Zhonghua All-nation Youth United Society | ||||||||
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The All-China Youth Federation (ACYF; Chinese: 中华全国青年联合会) is a people's organization founded on 4 May 1949 that represents many youth groups in China, and is managed by the Communist Youth League. [3]: 19 Former paramount leaders and General Secretaries of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao [4] and Jiang Zemin were both members.
Its umbrella organization which includes the Young Pioneers of China, among other youth-focused groups. [3]: 19
The All-China Youth Federation also serves as a consultative body to the Communist Youth League. [3]: 19
The All-China Youth Foundation was originally named the All-China Federation of Democratic Youth. [3]: 18–19 It developed because the CCP determined that while it had the Young Communist League to focus on the development of youths deemed politically advanced, it needed a broader-based organization as well. [3]: 18–19 Consequently, it created the All-China Federation of Democratic Youth, which held its first congress in 1949. [3]: 19
In 1958, the organization was renamed the All-China Youth Federation. [3]: 19