All-China Youth Federation

All-China Youth Federation
中华全国青年联合会
FormationMay 4, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-05-04)[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
Xu Xiao
Main organ
National Committee
Parent organization
World Federation of Democratic Youth (Historical)
Affiliations16 national member organizations, 36 provincial member organizations[1]
Websitewww.acyf.org.cn Edit this at Wikidata
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
Literal meaningZhonghua All-nation Youth United Society
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Quánguó Qīngnián Liánhéhuì
Wade–GilesChung-hua Ch'üan-kuo Ch'ing-nien Lien-ho-hui

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 

History

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 

In 2024, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council banned its citizens from working at the All-China Youth Federation due to national security concerns.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "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 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine All-China Youth Federation
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Doyon, Jérôme (2023). Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China. University of Michigan Press. doi:10.3998/mpub.12291596. ISBN 978-0-472-90294-1. S2CID 251429446.
  4. ^ "Hu Jintao". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Taiwan bans its citizens from working for China's Confucius Institutes". Focus Taiwan. 3 May 2024. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.


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