During the Republic of China, Children's Day in China was April 4th. 193 1 On March 7th, 2008, the proposal of the then Salesian Society of China "proposing to establish April 4th as Children's Day every year" was forwarded by the Shanghai Municipal Government to the National Government and approved.

1935 (24th year of the Republic of China) was designated as China Children's Day by the government of the Republic of China on April 4th, and children in China finally ushered in the first official government holiday. The government of the Republic of China has also designated1April 4, 935 to1April 3, 936 as the National Year of Children, making it universal that "children are the future masters of China", "children are the cornerstone of building a new China", "children are the new force for rejuvenating the Chinese nation" and "step up education and training of children".

1949 65438+On February 23rd, the Council of the Central People's Government stipulated that "June 1st" International Children's Day was a festival for children in China. 1950 On March 30th, the Ministry of Education issued a notice, stipulating that June 1 day was Children's Day and abolishing the old April 4th Children's Day.