First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China

First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China
中国共产主义青年团中央委员会书记处第一书记
Emblem of the Communist Youth League of China
Flag of the Communist Youth League of China
Incumbent A Dong since May 31, 2023
Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China
Type	Youth league leader
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Secretariat
Seat	Beijing
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Central Committee
Inaugural holder	Yu Xiusong
Formation	1920
Deputy	Secretaries of the Secretariat

The first secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China is the leader of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC). The first secretary heads the Secretariat of the Central Committee.

The Central Committee elects one first secretary and several secretaries to form the Secretariat, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the CYLC. ^{[1] : 126} The first secretary also serves ex officio as the president of the China Youth University of Political Studies.

List of secretaries

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Ref.
			Took office	Left office
1		Yu Xiusong (1899–1939)	1920	1922
2		Shi Cuntong (1899–1970)	1922	1925
3		Zhang Tailei (1898–1927)	1925	1927
4		Ren Bishi (1906–1985)	1927	1928
5		Guan Xiangying (1902–1946)	1928	1946
6		Feng Wenbin (1911–1997)	1949	1953
7		Hu Yaobang (1915–1989)	1953	1966
8		Han Ying (born 1935)	27 October 1978	30 November 1982
9		Wang Zhaoguo (born 1941)	December 1982	December 1984	[2]
10		Hu Jintao (born 1942)	14 December 1984	8 July 1985
11		Song Defu (1946–2007)	November 1985	May 1993
12		Li Keqiang (1955–2023)	10 May 1993	23 June 1998	[3]
13		Zhou Qiang (born 1960)	25 June 1998	6 November 2006
14		Hu Chunhua (born 1963)	November 2006	April 2008	[4]
15		Lu Hao (born 1967)	April 2008	March 2013	[5]
16		Qin Yizhi (born 1965)	19 March 2013	20 September 2017	[6]
17		He Junke (born 1969)	29 June 2018	31 May 2023	[7]
18		A Dong (born 1970)	31 May 2023	Incumbent	[8]

References

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4. "Hu Chunhua 胡春华" (PDF). Brookings Institution . Retrieved 26 September 2024.
5. 陆昊任共青团中央书记处第一书记. 2008-05-04. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. 原载《中国青年报》
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8. "阿东任共青团中央书记处第一书记". Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 2023-05-31.