What are the main objectives of the Year

The main objectives of the Year are to:

  • promote intercultural dialogue and strengthen mutual understanding and friendship between European and Chinese youth,
  • encourage young people to care about and support the development of EU-China relations,
  • achieve extensive and positive impact and help ensure that cooperation between policy makers as well as between youth organizations is sustainable beyond 2011.

The EU-China Year of Youth also coincides with the European Year of Volunteering and the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteering. For this reason, voluntary activities involving young Europeans and Chinese will be encouraged throughout the Year.