Today is China's Youth Day, in honor of young people aged 14 and older. It was established to commemorate the 1919 May Fourth Movement. We expect every youth to shoulder their responsibilities and achieve self-worth.
Scholars rank the New Culture and May Fourth Movements as significant turning points, as David Der-wei Wang said, "it was the turning point in China's search for literary modernity", along with the abolition of the civil service system in 1905 and the overthrow of the monarchy in 1911.
During the May 4th Movement, the group of intellectuals with communist ideas grew steadily, such as Chen Tanqiu, Zhou Enlai, Chen Duxiu, and others, who gradually appreciated Marxism's power. This promoted the sinicization of Marxism and provided a basis for the birth of the CCP and socialism with Chinese characteristics.
(By Yang Jiming/Wang Wenchao)
