When did educated youth go to the countryside? What year?

The educated youth went to the countryside from 1968 to 1978. From 1968 to 12, young intellectuals should be instructed to go to the countryside to receive re-education for poor farmers, and the movement of going to the countryside and the countryside was launched on a large scale. 1968 junior high school students and senior high school students all went to the countryside to take part in labor.

After entering the 1970s, the state began to allow young intellectuals to gradually return to cities in various names, such as recruitment, examination, retirement from illness, post-posting, only child, no one around, students of workers, peasants and soldiers and so on. 1978 10 the national working conference of educated youth going to the countryside decided to stop the movement of going to the countryside and properly arrange for educated youth to return to the city and get employment.

The significance of educated youth going to the countryside

First, let the educated youth know what is reality, what is seeking truth from facts and what is the masses.

The second is to cultivate the self-confidence of educated youth. The experience of going to the countryside has enabled educated youth to strengthen their feelings for the grassroots and learn to blend in with the masses. Stepping on the ground and being among the people makes people feel very practical and powerful. The hard life at the grassroots level can temper a person's will.

Then, no matter what difficulties you encounter, as long as you think you can do things well under those difficult and difficult conditions, you will have the courage to dare to challenge anything, and you will be able to remain calm, overcome difficulties and not believe in evil.