Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the young people to shoulder the responsibility of building a modern socialist country and realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.
President Xi made the remarks during a ceremony marking the centenary of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), a mass youth organization under the leadership of the CPC.
He highlighted the fact that the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) hope and that of the country rests on the country’s youth.
A question was raised by the country’s first white paper on the topic titled “Youth of China in the New Era” as to what are today’s Chinese youth really like? It gives the answer itself: They are confident, hopeful and responsible – that’s the answer given by released last month.
In 1919, the May Fourth Movement spurred the spread of Marxism throughout China. Two years later, the CPC was founded. The following year, under the Party’s leadership and promotion, the CYLC was born.
According to the league’s constitution, it is a mass organization for advancing young people under the leadership of the CPC. It also acts as a school where young people learn about socialism with Chinese characteristics and communism through practice. The league also assists the Party and acts as a reserve force.
The founding mission of the CYLC is to unwaveringly follow the CPC and strive for the Party and the people, said Xi, who is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.
Noting the achievements made by Chinese youth over the past century, Xi said the Party’s leadership, firm beliefs and convictions, devotion to national rejuvenation and deep roots in the country’s young people are key to the past and future successes of the CYLC.
