1965438+On the afternoon of May 4, 2009, more than 3,000 students in Beijing gathered and marched in front of Tiananmen Square. They chanted slogans such as "Give me back Qingdao", "Fight for sovereignty abroad, and wipe out thieves at home", and called on people from all walks of life to take action to oppose imperialist aggression and defend China's territory and sovereignty. The movement won the solidarity and support of workers and people from all walks of life, and workers in Shanghai and Nanjing held strikes or demonstrations. Under the pressure of the people all over the country, the Beiyang government was forced to release the arrested students, recall Cao Rulin and others, and ordered the delegates attending the meeting in Paris to refuse to sign the peace treaty. The May 4th Movement is an uncompromising patriotic movement against imperialism and feudalism. She promoted the combination of Marxism and the workers' movement in China, brought up a group of intellectuals with preliminary communist ideas, and made ideological and cadre preparations for the establishment of China.
In order to enable young people to inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of the May 4th Movement, 1939, the Northwest Youth Salvation Federation in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region designated May 4th as China Youth Day. 1949 65438+On February 23rd, the Council of China Municipal People's Government officially designated May 4th as China Youth Day.
May 4th is Youth Day in China. It originated from the May 4th Movement in China in 19 19. Since the Paris Peace Conference after World War I unreasonably rejected China's just claim of abolishing the unequal treaties as a victorious country, the illegal rights and interests of Germany, a defeated country, in Shandong, China were stolen from Japan by the great powers, which aroused the great indignation of the people of China. 1965438+On May 4, 2009, more than 3,000 students in Beijing shouted "Fighting for national rights abroad and punishing national thieves at home" and held demonstrations, which quickly developed into a national anti-imperialist patriotic movement and a new cultural movement that opposed feudal cultural traditions with democracy and science.
The May 4th Movement was an uncompromising anti-imperialist and anti-feudal movement in China's modern history, and its victory became the beginning of China's new-democratic revolution. In order to inherit and carry forward the spirit of patriotism, democracy and science in the May 4th Movement, the State Council, the Central People's Government of China, officially declared May 4th as China Youth Day. During the Youth Day, various commemorative activities will be held in various parts of China, and young people will also concentrate on various social volunteers and social practice activities. Many places will hold adult ceremonies during the Youth Day.
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The origin of May 4th Youth Day
1918165438+101World War I, which lasted for four years, ended in the victory of Britain, America and France and the defeat of Germany and Austria. 1919 65438+10, the victorious allied forces held a peace conference at the Palace of Versailles in Paris. China attended the meeting as a victorious country. At the meeting, the representative of China proposed to abolish foreign privileges in China and Article 21, but they were all rejected. The meeting decided that Japan should take over various German privileges in China. The representative of China is ready to sign this humiliating treaty. When the news came, the whole country was furious. The May 4th patriotic movement led by students began like a volcanic eruption.
On the afternoon of May 4th, more than 3,000 Beijing students gathered and marched in front of Tiananmen Square. They chanted slogans such as "Give me back Qingdao", "Fight for sovereignty outside, and get rid of national thieves inside", and called on people from all walks of life to take action to oppose imperialist aggression and defend China's territory and sovereignty. The movement won the solidarity and support of workers and people from all walks of life, and workers in Shanghai and Nanjing held strikes or demonstrations. Under the pressure of the people all over the country, the Beiyang government was forced to release the arrested students, recall Cao Rulin and others, and ordered the delegates attending the meeting in Paris to refuse to sign the peace treaty.
The May 4th Movement is an uncompromising patriotic movement against imperialism and feudalism. She promoted the combination of Marxism and the workers' movement in China, brought up a group of intellectuals with preliminary communist ideas, and made ideological and cadre preparations for the establishment of China.
In order to enable young people to inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of the May 4th Movement, 1939, the Northwest Youth Salvation Federation in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region designated May 4th as China Youth Day. 1949 65438+On February 23rd, the Council of China Municipal People's Government officially stipulated that the May 4th Movement was a youth in China.