The Communist Youth League of China, the mass youth organization under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, opened its 17th national congress in Beijing on Monday.

On behalf of the 89 million members of the youth league, which was founded in 1922, more than 1,500 delegates from across the country attended the opening session of its five-yearly congress at the Great Hall of the People.

In a keynote speech delivered to extend the CPC Central Committee's congratulations to the event, Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, urged young people to work hard to realize the "Chinese dream" of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.