The Historical Evolution of Shanghai Student Union

1. The establishment of Shanghai Students' Union and its early activities

After the news of the May 4th demonstration of Beijing students reached Shanghai in the 8th year of the Republic of China (1919), on May 6th, Fudan students held a rally and decided to organize the Shanghai Students' Union (referred to as the Students' Union). That night. Nanyang Public College, St. John's University, Fudan University, Datong College, Tongji Medical College, Provincial Second Normal University, Nanyang Commercial College, China Industrial College and Nanyang Road Student Group sent electricity to protest to the Beijing government in the name of all students in Shanghai. These schools and groups became the initiators and main members of the Shanghai Student Union.

On the afternoon of the 8th, 81 student representatives from 31 schools in Shanghai met at Fudan University, negotiated the establishment of the Shanghai Students' Federation, and drafted and passed the articles of association on the spot. The next day, a preparatory meeting was held in Fudan, and the number of participants increased to 96 from 44 schools. On the 11th, the inaugural meeting of Shanghai Federation of Students was held in China Student Union, and the constitution and declaration of Shanghai Federation of Students were adopted. The declaration pointed out: "To meet the ability of young students all over the country, arouse the patriotism of the people, and use practical methods to save the peril." He Baoren, a student of Fudan University, was elected as the president and in charge of the appraisal department. Cheng Tianfang is in charge of the executive department and Li Dingnian is in charge of the general affairs department. On the 15th, the staff were elected as follows: President He Baoren (Fudan), Vice President Wang Zunshi (Nanyang), Accountant Wu Changcheng (Nanyang), Deputy Accountant Zhu Chengxun (Fudan), Secretary Cen Guozhang (St. John), Secretary Cao Dezhi (Zhendan), Secretary Zhong Zhen (Soochow) and Secretary Wei Shizhen (Tongji). Secretary-General Shu Zhixia (Shenzhou Girls' School), officers Chen Lunhui (Tongji), Cheng Xiaofu (blog post), Yang Fengyuan (sincere), Ding Guojian (St. John), Wang Huaying (patriotic girls' school), Gao Shixia (YMCA), Wu Zhitao (Datong), Fei Gongxia (global) and Ruan Qin (provincial business school).

after the establishment of Shanghai Federation of Students, it actively led Shanghai students to carry out activities. On May 19th, an emergency meeting was held, and it was decided that all schools should send representatives to other places to contact the national academic circles. After the strike, in addition to giving speeches, distributing leaflets, investigating Japanese goods, and organizing volunteer groups, you must also study for 3 to 4 hours a day. On the morning of 26th, more than 25, students from 52 schools above the secondary level held a rally in Gongx Stadium and announced a general strike. And sent a letter to the business community, hoping to contact the national business community to act together (No.51, Jing 'an Temple Road, China Student Union, the Federation's site was closed by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the public concession on June 1th). After the establishment of Shanghai Federation of Students, all schools have established branches of the Federation, and by the end of June, they had established branches in 84 schools. On the afternoon of June 5th, the Students' Branch of Patriotic Girls' School joined the branches of all girls' schools above the secondary level in the city. Due to the mixed sex of Shanghai Students' Federation, it was decided to set up a girls' federation and elect President Wang Yinghua of Patriotic Girls' School. Attended 16 girls' schools, including Chinese and Western Girls' School, Wuben Girls' School, Huizhong Girls' School, Nanyang Girls' Normal School, Women's Gymnastics School, Shenzhou Girls' School, YMCA Sports School, Yan Mo's Girls' School, Qingxiu Girls' School, Santa Maria Girls' School, Biwen Girls' School, Republic of China Women's Craft School, Chengdong Girls' School, Minli Girls' Middle School and Minsheng Girls' School. Later, as a unified student organization, the Shanghai Federation of Students was led by the Federation of Students of the Republic of China. The Shanghai Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China and the later Shanghai regional organizations of the China * * * Productive Youth League fought very hard with the Kuomintang Rightists for the leadership of the Shanghai Federation of Students. At that time, the league organization believed that since the May 4th Movement, the Shanghai Federation of Students had been dominated by reactionaries. In the autumn of the 13th year of the Republic of China, he advocated that the reactionaries were not doing their duty, but contacted the student unions of Nanyang University, Jinan University, Daxia University, Shanghai University, Southern University and China Vocational School for a meeting and unanimously rejected the former student unions. Since then, the Shanghai Federation of Students has been led by the League organization. In the May 3th Movement, the Shanghai Federation of Students was led by the Youth League Committee, and the chairman, vice chairman, secretary, director of the Propaganda Department, fund-raising department and inspection department of the Executive Committee were all controlled by the Youth League Committee. At that time, the Federation also founded six workers' night schools.

2. Students' Union during the Liberation War

In the 36th year of the Republic of China (1937), on May 4th, the slogan of Shanghai Law School commemorating the May 4th Movement was torn, and students were beaten and injured. On the 6th, students of Shanghai Law School went on strike and petitioned the mayor. On May 8th, Shanghai junior colleges set up the May 4th Support Association to support France. The next day, the "May 4th Support Association" issued a declaration. On May 12th, 1 universities in Shanghai opposed the General Examination and established the "Anti-Examination Federation". On May 17th, Jiaotong University, Shanghai Medical College, Jinan University, Tongji University, Kindergarten College, Music College, Fudan University and Merchant Shipping established the National Union of University Students.

On May 22nd, the Anti-Violence League convened a meeting of representatives from all schools in the city to discuss the establishment of the Shanghai Students' Union, and representatives from 12 schools attended the meeting, and decided to hold a general strike in the city from 23rd to 24th. On May 31st, the Shanghai Federation of Students was formally established. Seven schools, namely Jiaotong University, St. John's University, Datong University, Jinan University, Tongji University, Soochow University and China Business School, were elected as the presidium, and an executive committee was formed. At this point, the student movement began to converge under the same goal of anti-civil war, anti-hunger and anti-persecution. On June 19th, the Shanghai Municipal Government announced the banning of the Shanghai Federation of Students, and the Shanghai Federation of Students was forced to go underground.

On May 5, 1949, the Shanghai Students' Federation was established. At the beginning of its establishment, it called on all the students in the city to resume classes, resume schools and nurse schools quickly, and participate in maintaining school order, propaganda work and strengthening the study of new-democratic revolutionary theory. The aim of the Students' Union is to unite all the students in Shanghai, seek their welfare, strive for the complete victory of the new-democratic revolution and strive to build the Chinese people's Republic. The student union adopts the group membership system.

3. Students' Union after liberation

On May 3, 1949, Shanghai Students' Union, the Primary and Secondary Education Federation and the Technical Association jointly held a congress for young people from all walks of life to commemorate the May 3th anniversary, which made the leadership of the Students' Union public and established the Preparatory Committee of the Shanghai Democratic Youth Federation. On June 3rd, the representative meeting of temporary schools in the whole city was held, the executive committee was enlarged and elected, and a student task force of more than 3 people was organized. In less than 1 days, more than 1 schools were helped to organize student self-government meetings, which increased the number of student union member units from more than 7 schools before liberation to 29 schools on June 3rd and 324 schools on July 17th, uniting more than 9% of the students in the whole city, and in Seymour Road (North Shaanxi Road). By 1951, the working organization of Shanghai Student Union was divided into learning department, organization department, recreation department, sports department, social service department, welfare department and lesbian department, and its address was No.128, Shaanxi North Road. The principal responsible persons are Chairman Chen Guobin, Vice Chairmen Song Xiheng, Lu Cuizhi, Zhou Wenzhao, Li Xiuhua, Cao Zifang, Chi Fangxian, Ha Kuangui and Jiang Rongquan, and Secretary General He Changcheng. In 1951, the Students' Union issued an appeal to all the students in the city to go deep into the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, suppress counter-revolutionaries, strengthen patriotic study, and train themselves to be all-round people.

In p>1952, the Students' Union actively United students to participate in the three major movements of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, increasing production and saving, and ideological transformation, and strengthened patriotic ideological education for students. In 1953, the Federation of Students revised its articles of association, and carried out President Mao Zedong's instructions of good health, good study and good work. From the second half of 195s to the end of 198s, the Shanghai Federation of Students went through an unusual experience. After constant rectification and adjustment, it finally led all the students to study hard, make great efforts to become talents, make active contributions and serve the motherland during the development of Shanghai into the 21st century under the great banner of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the 199s. From 199 to 1996, Shanghai Federation of Students led young students to consciously study and build Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory, and used it to build the spiritual pillar of contemporary young students. They paid full attention to and shaped young students' world outlook, outlook on life and values, held high the great banner of patriotism, and carried out "following the footsteps of the party, strengthening socialist beliefs", "learning national culture, carrying forward revolutionary traditions", "loving China, rejuvenating overseas" and "I took off with Shanghai" We organized the following activities: "Understand the education of workers and peasants, make contributions to rejuvenating the country through science and education", "Look at the style of builders, listen to the songs of devotees, and take the road of entrepreneurs", "Reform Hundred Points", "I love Pudong", "Market economy walks with me, reform and opening up accompany me to grow up" and "Prepare for the cross-century and take off with China".

From 1996 to 21, the Municipal Federation of Students established a scientific and technological innovation training mechanism with "a complete and reasonable competition system" as the main content, and carried out activities such as "Shanghai University Students' Entrepreneurship Plan Competition" and "Shanghai Youth Scientific and Technological Innovation Forum", and held activities such as "Teenagers' Biological and Environmental Science Practice Activities" and "Looking Forward to the New Century" in middle schools, which created a good atmosphere for scientific and technological innovation. In the first, fourth, sixth and seventh "Challenge Cup" national college students' extracurricular academic and scientific works competitions, Shanghai universities won the "Challenge Cup" for four times, and the Shanghai Federation of Students won the provincial "Excellent Organization Award".

from 21 to 26, the Shanghai Federation of Students seized the historical opportunity and followed the spirit of "Several Opinions on Further Strengthening and Improving the Ideological and Moral Construction of Minors" and "Opinions on Further Strengthening and Improving the Ideological and Political Education of College Students" issued by the Central Committee of the State Council, and kept forging ahead, establishing a service system, strengthening self-construction, and closely uniting and leading young students. In order to take charge, the college and university students have extensively carried out various activities such as ideological and political education, campus culture construction, social practice, scientific and technological innovation, and voluntary service, and formed brands such as "selecting seedlings to raise seedlings", "doctoral students going to the countryside", college and university students' cultural festival, middle school students' learning career navigation, college students' life development navigation, college students' entrepreneurial plan competition, and college students' voluntary service plan for the west, which actively serve urban development, social construction and young students' growth and success.