When was the Chinese Young Pioneers officially named?

On October 13, 1949, the China Children’s Team, a national unified children’s organization created by the Communist Party of China, was established. In June 1953, the Chinese Children's Team was renamed the Chinese Young Pioneers, or Young Pioneers for short. In 1950, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China held the first national conference of cadres working on children and adolescents.

The Chinese Young Pioneers, formerly known as the China Children’s Team, was established on October 13, 1949. However, the revolutionary organization of Chinese children has a history of nearly 100 years, starting from the Working Children's League at the beginning of the last century. Children's organizations during the revolutionary war. In various periods of the Chinese revolution, there were revolutionary children's organizations active beside fathers and brothers, making contributions to the people's liberation cause.

Section 10 of the "Chinese Young Pioneers Charter" stipulates that any child between 6 and 14 years old with Chinese nationality who is willing to join the Young Pioneers and abide by the Young Pioneers Charter can apply to the Young Pioneers Squadron, subject to approval by the squadron committee. You can become a team member. In fact, most primary school students who join the Young Pioneers are designated by teachers (head teachers), and the vast majority have not read or even heard of the "China Young Pioneers Charter." Children who wish to join the Young Pioneers are also asked to do a good deed in this charter. This provision is not necessarily strictly enforced everywhere.