The 9th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Young Pioneers opened in Beijing from May 27 to 29. This congress is held every five years.
According to People’s Daily, as of December 31, 2024, there are 113 million Communist Young Pioneers nationwide, with 3 million team counselors at the primary and secondary school levels, and 176,000 school-level Young Pioneer Committees across China.
Communist Young Pioneer is an affiliated organization for Chinese Communist Party (CCP), whose members are children aged 6 to 14. Though it is said that joining the Young Pioneer is “at will,” most elementary schools just have all students join.
At the beginning of 2021, the CCP issued “Opinions of the CCP Central Committee on Comprehensively Strengthening the Work of the Young Pioneers in the New Era.” This document shaped a new working mechanism for the Young Pioneers: the organization is to be “led by the Party, supported by the government, with the Communist Youth League taking the lead, coordinated by the Communist Youth League and the education system, and supported by broader society.”
Sources:
1. People’s Daily, June 1, 2025
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2025/0601/c1001-40491855.html
2. People’s Daily, May 25, 2025
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2025/0525/c1001-40487248.html