Youths renew their dedication to ideals awakened over 100 years ago Young people pose for a photo at the location of the first National Congress of the Communist Party of Chinaon Tuesday in Shanghai to mark National Youth Day, commemorating the May Fourth Movement. [Photo/Xinhua]
Young people across the nation celebrated National Youth Day on Tuesday through activities to inherit the May Fourth spirit in the new era.
Tuesday marked the 102nd anniversary of the May Fourth Movement in China.
The movement started with huge student protests on May 4, 1919, opposing the government s response to the Treaty of Versailles, which treated China unfairly and undermined the country s sovereignty in the aftermath of World War I. The movement triggered a national campaign to overthrow the old society and promote new ideas, including science, democracy and Marxism.