The full name of the Communist Youth League General Branch is China Communist Youth League General Branch Committee. It is the abbreviation of the Communist Youth League General Branch Committee under the leadership of the Party Committee and the Communist Youth League Committee. The aim is to actively cooperate with the work under the leadership of the superior Youth League Committee and strengthen the contact and ideological and moral construction of the youth league members. The general branch of the Communist Youth League is composed of grass-roots construction organizations of the Communist Youth League branch.

The Articles of Association stipulates that:

According to the needs of the work and the number of members, the grass-roots organizations of the League shall set up grass-roots committees, general branch committees and branch committees of the League with the approval of the committees of higher-level groups.

Establish branches under grass-roots committees and general branches. If the work requires it, a general branch can also be set up under the grass-roots Committee. A branch can be divided into several groups.

The branch committee and the general branch committee are elected by the League members' meeting for a term of two to three years, with the student branch committees in universities and middle schools serving for one year. Grassroots committees are elected by league members' congresses or congresses for a term of three to five years.