Chinese children's organization to hold national congress

BEIJING -- The Chinese Young Pioneers (CYP), a national organization for Chinese children, will hold its quinquennial congress from Thursday to Friday, the CYP announced Monday.

More than 800 child and adult delegates will attend the CYP's eighth national congress, which will be held in the form of video conference, the CYP said in a statement.

The young delegates are representatives of the young pioneers from the country's 56 ethnic groups and all prefecture-level regions in China, it said.

The congress has been approved by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

Founded and led by the CPC, the CYP is a national mass organization for Chinese children aged six to 14, most of whom are primary or secondary school students.