Young Pioneers of China

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The Young Pioneers of China, often shortened to Young Pioneers or Red Pioneers, is a people's organization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for youth between the ages of 6 and 14, run by the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC). After its foundation in 1921, the CCP ran various other youth movements in communist-held areas. In October 1949, after the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, the CCP established the Youth and Children of China Movement. The organization assumed its current name in June 1953. During the Cultural Revolution, the Young Pioneers was dismantled and replaced with the Little Red Guards. It was re-established in October 1978, following the end of the Cultural Revolution. The league is organized on the party pattern. Its highest body is the National Congress held every five years, and when the National Congress is not in session, the National Working Committee serves as the core power body. The Young Pioneer's leader is the First Secretary of the Communist...

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