The
Communist Youth League of China also known as the
China Youth League (中国共产主义青年团
PinyinPinyin , or more formally Hanyu Pinyin , is currently the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"...
:
Zhōngguó Gòngchǎnzhǔyì Qīngniántuán; abbr. 共青团
PinyinPinyin , or more formally Hanyu Pinyin , is currently the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"...
:
Gòngqīngtuán) is a
youth movementA youth movement is any attempt to organize individual young people into a unified identity. According to one organization, "A growing number of organizations and individuals are calling for a worldwide youth movement, built around information technology, political and social action, and other...
of the
People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
for youth between the ages of fourteen and twenty-eight, run by
Communist Party of ChinaThe Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and the ruling political party of the People's Republic of China and the world's largest political party...
. The league is organized on the party pattern. Its leader is its First Secretary and is also member of the party's
Central CommitteeThe Central Committee of the Communist Party of China , formerly as Central Executive Committee before 1927, is the highest authority within the Communist Party of China elected by the Party National Congresses...
. The current First Secretary is
Lu HaoLu Hao is a Chinese politician. He is the current first secretary of the Communist Youth League of China and president of the China Youth University for Political Sciences....
(陆昊).
The
Communist Youth League of China also known as the
China Youth League (中国共产主义青年团
PinyinPinyin , or more formally Hanyu Pinyin , is currently the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"...
:
Zhōngguó Gòngchǎnzhǔyì Qīngniántuán; abbr. 共青团
PinyinPinyin , or more formally Hanyu Pinyin , is currently the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"...
:
Gòngqīngtuán) is a
youth movementA youth movement is any attempt to organize individual young people into a unified identity. According to one organization, "A growing number of organizations and individuals are calling for a worldwide youth movement, built around information technology, political and social action, and other...
of the
People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
for youth between the ages of fourteen and twenty-eight, run by
Communist Party of ChinaThe Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and the ruling political party of the People's Republic of China and the world's largest political party...
. The league is organized on the party pattern. Its leader is its First Secretary and is also member of the party's
Central CommitteeThe Central Committee of the Communist Party of China , formerly as Central Executive Committee before 1927, is the highest authority within the Communist Party of China elected by the Party National Congresses...
. The current First Secretary is
Lu HaoLu Hao is a Chinese politician. He is the current first secretary of the Communist Youth League of China and president of the China Youth University for Political Sciences....
(陆昊). The Communist Youth League is responsible also for guiding the activities of the
Young PioneersThe Young Pioneers of China is a mass youth organization for children in the People's Republic of China. The Young Pioneers of China is run by the Communist Youth League, an organization of older youth that comes under the Communist Party of China...
(for children below the age of fourteen).
History
Founded in May 1920, it was originally named as the
Socialist Youth League of China (中国社会主义青年团/Zhōngguó Shèhuìzhǔyì Qīngniántuán). Whilst the Party was officially established in July 1921, the Chinese Socialist Youth League was organized with the Party being set up throughout the country. In May 1922, the 1st National Representative Conference (全国代表大会/Quánguó Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) of the League was held under the leadership of the Party, and therefore became a unified organization in China. In the 3rd National Representation Conference in January 1925, the Chinese Socialist Youth League was renamed as the Chinese Communist Youth League. After the war resisting against Japan, in order to adapt to the new social and political situation, it was officially renamed as the
Chinese New Democracy Youth League (中国新民主主义青年团/Zhōngguó Xīn Mínzhǔzhǔyì Qīngniántuán) in April 1949.
Later in May 1957, its name as the Chinese Communist Youth League was resumed, historically combining the conferences of all three leagues (the Chinese Socialist Youth League, the Chinese Communist Youth League as well as the Chinese New Democracy Youth League). During the 10 years of the
Cultural RevolutionThe Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was a period of widespread social and political upheaval in the People’s Republic of China between 1966 and 1976, resulting in nation-wide chaos and economic disarray.It was launched by Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Communist Party of China, on May 16,...
, the functioning of the League was blocked. From 1978 to 2003, five conferences were held. The current central committee members of the League had been elected since the 15th National Representative Conference in July 2003.
The Communist Youth League has contributed a number of top echelon leaders of the Communist Party-led government of the People's Republic of China. The proliferation of leaders with a Youth League background has led to the informal name "Youth League faction" being used to describe certain members of the leadership at different times. The first "Youth League faction" was represented by
Hu YaobangHu Yaobang was a leader of the People's Republic of China who supported economic and political reforms...
(party chairman 1981-1982, party general secretary 1982-1987 following the abolition of the chairman position). The second "Youth League faction" is represented by
Hu JintaoHu Jintao is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...
(President since 2003). While there is no direct political lineage between the two Hus, Hu Jintao's administration has formally elevated the memory of the earlier Hu. In 2005, the 90th anniversary of Hu Yaobang's birth, a new museum and a series of commemorative books and television programs were launched.
Structure
The national leading organization is the National Representative Conferences and the central committee elected by the conferences. The National Representative Conferences are held each 5 years, can be held earlier or later under special circumstances. The central committee is to, in between the time of two conferences, implement the decisions made in the National Representative Conferences and lead the implementation of the duties of the League as a whole. In addition to the central committee, there are General Affairs Committees which are responsible for the implementation of daily affairs of the League. They are to lead the fundamental organizations in 31 provincial level administrative areas of the country. "CPC and is considered to be the CPC's assistant and backup".
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Most high school students are CYLC members when graduating. By the end of 2002, there were approximately 210,000 committee members of fundamental organizations. CYLC Central Committee reported 73.496 million league members at the end of 2006, of which students accounted for 49.9% of the league.
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Under current leadership of Chinese President, who was also a leading figure in this League, key government positions at both central and provincial levels are more likely to be filled by the League's members and former cadres, known as
tuanpai. Members of this League are particularly loyal to the Chinese Communist Party.
CYLCs' official newspaper is the
China Youth DailyThe China Youth Daily is the official newspaper of Communist Youth League of China , and is a popular official daily newspaper and the first independently operated central government news media portal in the People's Republic of China.In 1980s it was regarded as the best newspaper in mainland...
.
List of First Secretaries
- Hu Yaobang
Hu Yaobang was a leader of the People's Republic of China who supported economic and political reforms...
(胡耀邦): 1957-1978
- Han Ying (韩英): 1978-1982
- Wang Zhaoguo
Wang Zhaoguo is a Chinese politician who came to prominence during the era of Deng Xiaoping. At age 41 he had already acquired a ministerial position job.-Biography:...
(王兆国): 1982-1984
- Hu Jintao
Hu Jintao is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...
(胡锦涛): 1984 -1985
- Song Defu
Song Defu was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was born in Yanshan, Hebei Province, and was educated at college. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1965, and the Communist Party of China the same year...
(宋德福): 1985-1993
- Li Keqiang
Li Keqiang is currently the First Vice-Premier of China and the 7th ranked member of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, the People's Republic of China's de facto top power organ...
(李克强): 1993-1998
- Zhou Qiang
Zhou Qiang is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as governor of Hunan Province and vice Party chief of the Communist Party of China Hunan committee.-Biography:...
(周强): 1998 -2006
- Hu Chunhua
Hu Chunhua is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as governor of Hebei Province and deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China Hunan Provincial Committee...
(胡春华): 2006 - 2008
- Lu Hao
Lu Hao may refer to:*Lu Hao , official of the People's Republic of China*Lu Hao , official of the People's Republic of China, First Secretary of Communist Youth League of China...
(陆昊): 2008- incumbent