五四青年节是为纪念1919年5月4日中国学生爱国运动而设立的节日。

Youth Day was set up in May 4, 1919 to commemorate Chinese patriotic student movement festival.

1918年11月11日，延续4年之久的第一次世界大战以英、美、法等国的胜利和德、奥等国的失败而告结束。1919年1月，获胜的协约国在巴黎凡尔赛宫召开和平会议。中华民国作为战胜国参加会议。中华民国代表在会上提出废除外国在华特权，取消二十一条等正当要求，均遭拒绝。会议竟决定日本接管德国在华的各种特权。对这丧权辱国的条约，中华民国代表居然准备签字承认。消息传来，举国震怒，群情激愤。以学生为先导的五四爱国运动就如火山爆发一般地开始了。

In November 11, 1918, the first World War lasted for 4 years in Britain, America, France and other countries and the victory of Germany, Austria and other countries ended in failure. In 1919 January, the victorious allies held a peace conference in Paris Palace of Versailles. Republic of China as a victorious nation to attend the meeting. The representative of the Republic of China at the proposed abolition of privileges in China and foreign countries, cancelled twenty-one legitimate demands were rejected. The meeting has decided to Japan took over Germany's privileges in china. To humiliate the country and forfeit its sovereignty of this treaty, the representative of the Republic of China was prepared to recognize the signature. When the news came out, the country burning, burning with indignation. Take the student as the pilot of the five four patriotic movement as the volcano erupted in general has begun.

5月4日下午，北京3000多名青年学生在天安门前集会游行，他们高呼：“还我青岛、外争主权，内除国贼”等口号，呼吁各界人士行动起来，反对帝国主义的侵略行径，保卫中国的领土和主权。这一运动得到工人和各阶层人士的声援和支持，上海、南京等地的工人纷纷举行罢工或示威。在全国人民的压力下，北洋政府被迫释放被捕学生，罢免曹汝霖等人的职务，并指令巴黎参加会议的代表拒绝在和约上签字。

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May 4th afternoon, Beijing more than 3000 young students shouting at them in front of the Tiananmen demonstrations,: "I also Qingdao, outside the sovereignty dispute, in addition to traitor" and other slogans, calls for action, against the imperialist aggression, defend the Chinese territory and sovereignty. This campaign workers and all sectors of the solidarity and support, Shanghai, Nanjing and other places of the workers have held strikes and demonstrations. People in the country under pressure, the Beiyang government was forced to release the arrested students, and others recall Cao Rulin's position, and ordered the Paris representatives attending the meeting refused to sign the peace treaty.

为了使青年继承和发扬五四运动的光荣传统，1939年，陕甘宁边区西北青年救国联合会规定5月4日为中青年节。1949年12月23日，中国人民政府政务院正式规定：5月4日为中国青年节。

In order to make the youth to inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of the May 4th Movement, 1939, the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region northwest Youth National Salvation Association Rules in May 4th as youth day. In December 23, 1949, the people's government China government hospital official: May 4th to China youth day.