All-China Youth Federation
Chinese Communist Party youth organization
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The All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) is a people's organization that represents many youth groups in the People's Republic of China, and is managed by the Communist Youth League of China. It was founded on 4 May 1949. Former paramount leaders and general secretaries of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao[3] and Jiang Zemin were both members.
中华全国青年联合会 | |
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| Formation | May 4, 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 |
| Members | ~77,000 |
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 | www |
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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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History
The All-China Youth Foundation was originally named the All-China Federation of Democratic Youth.[4]: 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.[4]: 18–19 Consequently, it created the All-China Federation of Democratic Youth, which held its first congress in 1949.[4]: 19 In 1958, the organization was renamed the All-China Youth Federation.[4]: 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]
Functions
The ACYF is an umbrella organization which includes the Young Pioneers of China, among other youth-focused groups.[4]: 19 It represents many youth groups in China, and is managed by the Communist Youth League of China.[4]: 19 It also serves as a consultative body to the Communist Youth League.[4]: 19
Structure
The members of the All-China Youth Federation are representatives recommended by member organizations, elected through consultation, and specially invited representatives of young people. The highest authority of the All-China Youth Federation is the National Committee, and each term of office is 5 years. The National Committee has a chairman and a vice chairman. When the National Committee is not in session, the Standing Committee presides over the affairs of the meeting, and has a secretary-general and a deputy secretary-general. The All-China Youth Federation has a secretariat to take charge of daily affairs. The official publication of the All-China Youth Federation is Chinese Children, and it also has an internal work publication All-China Youth Federation Newsletter.[1]
The All-China Youth Federation has the following institutions:[1]
Secretariat working body
- Coordination Department
- Ethnic and Religious Affairs Department
- Culture and Sports Department
- Science and Technology Department
- Education Department
- Community Work Department
- Human Resources Development Department
- Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Friendship Department
- Overseas Scholars Affairs Department
- Returned Research Students Department
- International Department
- Tourism Department
The All-China Youth Federation Office is located in the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China.
Working committees
- Science and Technology Working Committee
- Education Sector Working Committee
- Agriculture Sector Working Committee
- Social Sciences Working Committee
- Economic Sector Working Committee
- Financial Sector Working Committee
- Legal Sector Working Committee
- Cultural and Arts Working Committee
- Press, Publishing and New Media Sector Working Committee
- Sports Sector Working Committee
- Medical and Health Sector Working Committee
- Social Organizations and Social Intermediaries Working Committee
- Religious Sector Working Committee
- Overseas Scholars and Overseas Chinese Working Committee
- Skilled Talent Sector Working Committee
- Working Committee for Taiwan compatriots and Hong Kong and Macao special guests
Membership
The All-China Youth Federation has 55 group members and more than 77,000 members of the Youth Federation at all levels.[1] Among them, there are 19 national group members, including:
National Association Members
- Communist Youth League of China
- All-China Students' Federation
- National Association of YMCAs of China
- National Association of Young Women's Christian Associations of China
- China Young Entrepreneurs Association
- China Rural Youth Entrepreneurship Leaders Association
- China Association of Young Scientists and Technologists
- Capital Youth Editors and Journalists Association
- China Young Volunteers Association
- China Youth Entrepreneurship Promotion Association
- China Youth Research Association
- China Youth Work College Association
- China Youth New Media Association
- China Youth Crime Prevention Research Association
- China Youth Press Association
- China Youth Palace Association
- China Youth Development Foundation
- China Guanghua Science and Technology Foundation
- China Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Foundation
Local group members
- Beijing Youth Federation
- Tianjin Youth Federation
- Hebei Youth Federation
- Shanxi Youth Federation
- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Youth Federation
- Liaoning Youth Federation
- Jilin Youth Federation
- Heilongjiang Youth Federation
- Shanghai Youth Federation
- Jiangsu Youth Federation
- Zhejiang Youth Federation
- Anhui Youth Federation
- Fujian Youth Federation
- Jiangxi Youth Federation
- Shandong Youth Federation
- Henan Youth Federation
- Hubei Youth Federation
- Hunan Youth Federation
- Guangdong Youth Federation
- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Youth Federation
- Hainan Youth Federation
- Chongqing Youth Federation
- Sichuan Youth Federation
- Guizhou Youth Federation
- Yunnan Youth Federation
- Tibet Autonomous Region Youth Federation
- Shaanxi Youth Federation
- Gansu Youth Federation
- Qinghai Youth Federation
- Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Youth Federation
- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Youth Federation
Industry members
- National Civil Aviation Youth Federation
- Youth Federation of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Central State Organs Youth Federation
- National Youth Federation of Financial System
- Central Enterprise Youth Federation