On The Youth Groups In Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area During The Period Of The Anti-Japanese War

The Anti-Japanese War period of China, was in serious national crisis. Chinesepeople faced the risk of becoming conquered people. The serious national crisis madethe broad patriotic youth realize that mutual unity, resistance was the only way to savethe country and the nation. And the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area was thepolitical guidance center and general rear of the war behind the Japanese lines,especially the sacred place Yanan, which was the national patriotic youth’s desirableplace. With patriotic enthusiasm, the youth headed to the Shanxi-Gansu-NingxiaBorder Area. Under the youth group’s leadership, the youth in the border regionactively carried out the work of resistance and salvation, made great contribution tothe victory of Anti-Japanese War.This paper takes the youth groups of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border as researchsubject, using newspapers and the relevant historical documents corpus, combiningthe related theory of social groups, and discusses the main work of the youth groupsin the border. Through the historical research of youth groups, people can gain acomprehensive cognition about Youth Groups of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia BorderArea. In the Anti-Japanese War period, under the leadership of the communist party,Youth Groups of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area carred out various forms ofresistance and salvation, which main involved establishing the young class,cultivating young cadres; mobilizing the young to join the army and fight the invadingarmy; assisting the government to carry out cultural education, economic construction,and YongJunYouShu movement, and so on.The Youth Groups of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area have some limitationsin the process of their development; that is one-sidely stress independence of theyouth organization, organizing youth activities alone;"left" errors inthe way andmeasure of the work; lax youth organization and adrift youth work.In the Anti-Japanese War, under the leadership of the communist party, theYouth Groups of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area carried out the activities ofresistance and salvation extensively and deep, which won a glorious achievement,contained a profound historical revelation. To do the youth’s work well, thecommunist party of China must strengthen the leadership of the Youth Groups; adhereto the direction of the theory of marxism; adhere to combine the people’s practice;strengthen the construction of Youth Groups and cadre team construction of theyouth.