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1 and around the May 4th Movement, young people in China went to France to work and study in an organized way in order to seek the truth of saving the country. Work-study program in France began at 19 12 and reached its climax after the May 4th Movement. 19 12, Cai Yuanpei, Wu, Li Shizeng, Wu Zhihui and others initiated and organized the National Salvation Association in France.
2. In the early days of France's work-study program, its advocates were mainly revolutionary Democrats. They hope that young people with aspirations will go to France to learn advanced knowledge and civilization, and realize "saving the country through science", "saving the country through industry" and "saving the country through education" so as to make Qiang Bing rich. 19 17, Cai Yuanpei, Wu, etc. The Beijing Sino-French Education Association and the Work-study Program Association in France were established as the general organs for handling work-study programs in France, and a large number of preparatory schools for studying in France were established.
3. However, before the May 4th Movement, fewer than 200 students survived the work-study program in France, and the scale and influence were not great. After the May 4th Movement, under the influence of work-study program and Marxism, witnessing the national crisis, a large number of young people went to France to study in order to seek the truth of saving the country.
4. From 19 19 to 192 1 at the beginning of the year, with the promotion of Li Dazhao, Wu, Cai Hesen, Zhao Shiyan and others, the work-study program in France reached its climax. 20 batches 18 provinces1more than 600 work-study students.
They work hard and study hard. Among them, the backbone and activists of the May 4th Movement organized some revolutionary groups and organized revolutionary activities. 192 1 year, students studying in France carried out three large-scale revolutionary struggles. After that, the work-study program in France entered a low tide, but it prompted a large number of young people to wake up and embark on the revolutionary road of anti-imperialist and anti-feudal labor, study and struggle, and a group of communist fighters grew up.
6. China's work-study program not only trained a group of professional technicians, but also trained a group of revolutionary leaders, which played an important role in spreading Marxism in China.