China's largest children's organization, the Chinese Young Pioneers, is scheduled to hold its fifth national congress in Beijing from June 1 to 3.

The congress is held once every five years, aiming to gather experiences from the past five years and to knit future plans for the organization, which has 130 million members at present.

"Participant volume this year is the biggest in the congress' 20 years history," said Zhang Xiaolan, a member of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Youth League Central Committee, which is led by the Communist Party of China.

"About 790 young pioneers, tutors, and organization staff from the country's 56 ethnic minority groups will attend the meeting," she said.

Along with the congress, a series of activities will be held for delegates. They will attend a pigeon-releasing ceremony at the Century Altar in central Beijing on May 31. And on June 1, children will attend a national flag-rising ceremony at the Tian'anmen Square.

Forums collecting children's wishes, suggestions and discussing growing pains will also be held in the prestigious Beijing University during the meeting.

The Young Pioneers, whose members are mainly primary and secondary school students 7 to 14 years old, constitute the majority of Chinese children.

Source: Xinhua