All-China Youth Federation

History

The All-China Youth Foundation was originally named the All-China Federation of Democratic Youth. 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. Consequently, it created the All-China Federation of Democratic Youth, which held its first congress in 1949. In 1958, the organization was renamed the All-China Youth Federation.

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

Functions

The ACYF is an umbrella organization which includes the Young Pioneers of China, among other youth-focused groups. It represents many youth groups in China, and is managed by the Communist Youth League of China. It also serves as a consultative body to the Communist Youth League.

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.

The All-China Youth Federation has the following institutions:

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. 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

References

References

1. (24 December 2009). "About All-China Youth Federation".
2. http://vweb.youth.cn/cms/2006/qlwx/ywb/abo/200605/t20060525_326585.htm {{Webarchive. link. (7 July 2011 All-China Youth Federation)
3. "Hu Jintao".
4. Doyon, Jérôme. (2023). "Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China". [[University of Michigan Press]].
5. (2024-05-03). "Taiwan bans its citizens from working for China's Confucius Institutes".