Government and Policy

National organization for children holds congress

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-01 17:01
Large Medium Small

National organization for children holds congress
Children perform a show during the Sixth National Congress of the Chinese Young Pioneers in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 1, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - Over 800 children and teacher delegates attended the Sixth National Congress of the Chinese Young Pioneers (CYP) which opened in Beijing Tuesday, International Children's Day.

At the opening ceremony, Wang Zhaoguo, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), extended greetings on behalf of the CPC Central Committee.

Related readings:
National organization for children holds congress What do people say about Children's Day?
National organization for children holds congress CCTV holds Children’s Day performance
National organization for children holds congress President Hu urges all-round development for children
National organization for children holds congress Expo highlights children's dreams about future cities

In his speech at the ceremony, Wang urged government departments at all levels to make efforts to provide a safe, healthy and harmonious environment for children to grow up in.

"Effective measures should be taken to strengthen school security and fix loopholes in school safety management, in order to ensure the safety of children," Wang said.

Wang called for further efforts to promote children's all-round development.

The CYP is a grass-roots organization of Chinese children aged 6-14 years, most of whom are primary and secondary school students. It was founded by the CPC in 1949 and is led by the Communist Youth League of China.

The two-day congress, held once every five years, will discuss the organization's role in promoting children's healthy development, according to an early statement by the group, which has 130 million members at present.

Twelve-year-old Wu Ziman, Young Pioneer delegate and a member of the congress's administrative committee, told Xinhua that she had two proposals with her to submit at the congress.

Wu, now a primary school student at Beijing Jindian Primary School, said her proposals were based on a survey among her classmates.

Wu said that the first proposal was to call the CYP to organize more activities for the children.

The second was to improve learning facilities at primary schools as students needed better tools so they could understand more complicated problems, she said.