江泽民同志2002年5月15日在纪念中国共青团成立80周年大会上的讲话,为新世纪共青团与时俱进从理论上指明了方向。讲话进一步明确了新世纪共青团肩负的历史使命,丰富了马克思主义青年观,确定了新世纪团结教育引导青年的基本原则,增强了全团的光荣感和责任心,明确了继续前进的方向。 Comrade Jiang Zemin’s speech on May 15, 2002, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese Communist Youth League, pointed out the direction theoretically for the advancing of the CYL in the new century. The speech further clarified the historic mission shouldered by the CYL in the new century, enriched the concept of a youth of Marxism, established the basic principles of uniting education to guide the youth in the new century, enhanced the glorification and sense of responsibility of the entire delegation and clarified the direction for its further progress.