In areas governed by the Kuomintang, the underground Young Pioneers organization made positive contributions to the victory of the War of Liberation.

[6] Young Pioneers are immersed in CCP ideology and wear red scarves as a symbol of their commitment.

Joining the Young Pioneers is seen as a normal part of growing up, a rite of passage, or a social expectation in China.

Each team has a leader (队长; Duìzhǎng) and an assistant leader (副队长; Fùduìzhǎng), ; each of the school Companies is led by a committee of between three and seven members; and a Young Pioneers Committee (队委会; Duìwěihuì) of between seven and fifteen members serve as the battalion leadership staff.

Adult leaders are chosen from either the Communist Youth League or from local teaching staff (called counselor, 辅导员; Fǔdǎoyuán).

The Young Pioneers Salute consists of bending the right arm and raising the right hand directly above the head, symbolizing people's interests are above all else.

Young Pioneers must salute when raising and lowering the national flag, when the Young Pioneer's team flag appears and leaves the field, in front of the cemetery of revolutionary matyrs (such as Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery) and when participating in team activities and ceremonies.

The Young Pioneers song is We are the heirs of communism (Chinese: 《我们是共产主义接班人》; pinyin: Wǒmen shì Gòngchǎnzhǔyì Jiēbānrén).

It was originally the theme song of Heroic Little Eighth-Routers (Chinese: 《英雄小八路》; pinyin: Yīngxióng Xiǎo Bālù), a 1961 film about the 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and a real-life group of children who stayed on the frontlines of coastal Fujian in order to help the war effort against Kuomintang forces.

Verse 1 (English Translation) [7] We are the successors of communism, Inherited the glorious traditions of revolutionary precursors.

我们是共产主义接班人。Similar to other members of the Pioneer movement worldwide, the full dress uniform is white or blue shirt or polo with undershirt (or skirts for girls) and pants with the red scarf and badges attached to the shirt, with an optional headdress such as a beret.

Sometimes even school uniforms are used, the addition being the red scarf, the optional headdress cap and the organizational and rank badges.