Vol. 2026 No. 3 (2026)
Articles

Local experience and implications of youth affairs social work in China

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  • Yoo-bin Cho,
  • Ren Yamamoto
Yoo-bin Cho
Sprix Basic Academic Ability Institute,12F, Metropolitan Plaza Building, 1-11-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo,150-6222, Japan
Ren Yamamoto
Sprix Basic Academic Ability Institute,12F, Metropolitan Plaza Building, 1-11-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo,150-6222, Japan

Published 29-05-2026

Keywords

  • youth,
  • social work,
  • youth affairs,
  • Communist Youth League

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How to Cite

[1]
Y.- bin . Cho and R. . Yamamoto, “Local experience and implications of youth affairs social work in China”, The Young Thinker's Rev., vol. 2026, no. 3, pp. 20–26, May 2026, doi: 10.62852/ytr/2026/267.

Abstract

Youth affairs social work represents an exploration by the Communist Youth League to manage youth affairs through professional social work and undertake government youth affairs. The pioneering practices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou have provided important experience for the development of youth affairs social work nationwide. At the institutional design level, it has been gradually integrated into the macro system of local social construction, forming a sound government-league-society tri-level cooperation model. It emphasizes promoting development through management innovation, stresses community-based youth service delivery, conducts youth brand services through projects, and implements prevention and development-oriented service provision. Meanwhile, it has established sound resource mobilization relationships among government, society, and the third sector, building a multi-dimensional and diversified service system.

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