China Focus: Meet China's young CPC members Xinhua 17 May 2021, 15:49 GMT+10 BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- This year marks the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and even after 100 years since its inception the Party continues to flourish with vigor. About one-third of the current 91 million CPC members are under the age of 40, and approximately 80 percent of the new Party members who were admitted in 2019 are 35 years old or below. Young people played a pivotal role in propelling the Party's growth after it was founded. The average age of representatives attending the first National Congress of the CPC, convened in 1921, was 28.