HISTORICAL MATERIALS ABOUT THE EDUCATED YOUTH

Book excerpt: HISTORICAL MATERIALS ABOUT THE EDUCATED YOUTH, taking the events of Chinese Sent-down Youth’s Movement to the Countryside as the main line, and the historical records of educated youth's files, identification, credentials, certificates, notices, photos, commendations, manuscripts, letters, tickets, bills, forms, etc. as materials, objectively and fairly reproduces the process of the emergence, development, stagnation and end of China's Down to the Countryside Movement. It focuses on the rectification and adjustment of the Chinese government's resettlement policy for the educated youth, and the positive role of the educated youth in the Movement to the Countryside. The historical materials collected by the book, apart from a few newspapers and books, are mostly from the remains scattered among the people. Compared with the official records kept in the archives, these folk historical materials are characterized by various types, wide coverage and distinctive features. Through the analysis and interpretation of these first-hand materials, the readers can make in-depth understanding and research on the history of educated youth from a more microscopic perspective, which is built on the existing research on the history of educated youth.