China's youth and students' federations conclude meetings, elect new leadership

A session of the All-China Youth Federation and a congress of the All-China Students' Federation concluded on Thursday, outlining the work for the next five years and electing new leadership.

During the meetings, which opened on Wednesday, the work of the federations over the past five years was summarized, and arrangements for their work in the next five years, as well as the federations' development and reform, were made.

During the session of the All-China Youth Federation, Xu Xiao, a senior official with the Communist Youth League of China, was elected chairperson of the federation.

At the All-China Students' Federation congress, a new committee was elected, consisting of 198 groups. The student union of Peking University was elected as the presiding group of the federation.

The gathering called on young people and students to maintain firm ideals and convictions, foster a sense of responsibility towards the country, shoulder their historic mission and strive to make contributions to Chinese modernization.