China Young Volunteers Association

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The China Young Volunteers Association (CYVA; Chinese: 中国青年志愿者协会) is a volunteering organization in China. It works under the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and is a member of the All-China Youth Federation and the United Nations CCIVS. CYVA was created on December 5, 1994.[1] It is the first organization to govern volunteer efforts in China on a national scale.[2]

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  1. ^ Simon, Karla W. (2013). Civil Society in China: The Legal Framework from Ancient Times to the "New Reform Era". Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 263n17. ISBN 978-0-19-987742-3.
  2. ^ Ying Xu (2016). "Volunteerism and the State: Understanding the Development of Volunteering in China". In Butcher, Jacqueline; Einolf, Christopher J. (eds.). Perspectives on Volunteering: Voices from the South. Springer. p. 218. ISBN 978-3-319-39899-0.