All-China Youth Federation

All-China Youth Federation
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 meaning	Zhonghua All-nation Youth United Society
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōnghuá Quánguó Qīngnián Liánhéhuì
Wade–Giles	Chung-hua Ch'üan-kuo Ch'ing-nien Lien-ho-hui

All-China Youth Federation
中华全国青年联合会
Formation	May 4, 1949; 75 years ago
Type	Federative body of Chinese youth organizations led by the Chinese Communist Party
Purpose	"national development and world peace", "represent and protect the legitimate rights and interests of young people and promote youth participation and development"
Headquarters	Beijing
Region served	China
Membership	~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
Website	www.acyf.org.cn

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]