By democratic election in 2001, I became vice chairman of the Youth League of our Center vested with the real power as the chairman was soon to resign because of his age. It was not long before I took concrete steps to reform the League Branch and its work. I started conceptualizing exciting and meaningful events in order to obtain full participation of all the members and to increase the cohesion of the branch as an organization.

The most important event I led my League Branch to undertake was the AIDS and HIV education on university campuses. Though Chinese universities and colleges carry out some form of adolescent education, a large part of it is through Peer Education and as sexual behavior has never been publicly acknowledged as factual, college students had insufficient knowledge about contraception (especially about emergency contraception) and related knowledge about AIDS. But I believed that the students had the right and the necessity to receive comprehensive education about AIDS.

Based on a very detailed proposal that I formulated, we named our education campaign AIDS Prevention on Campus and we started our campaign in Peking University. In the students' living quarters we held exhibitions, distributed free leaflets, and offered lectures and consultations. The event was widely welcomed by students. The students unions of various colleges and universities in Beijing and throughout the country contacted us, wishing to share our successful experiences and collaborate with us to launch this campaign on their own campuses. As the campaign was the first of its kind in China, major media of the country gave it extensive coverage and in the wake of it the topic of How to Carry Out AIDS Education in Universities became a nationwide concern. Because of our pioneering work, our League Branch was awarded the Model League Branch of the Year by the government.

What I gained from this experience is that, first, as the leader of a project, a person must have original ideas and pioneering spirit so that freshness and new value can be added to the activity which is undertaken and the initiative of team members can be brought into full play. Second, a team leader must exercise effective leadership and should constantly evaluate successes and failures to make continuous improvements and progress. Finally, teamwork is also an important key to success. As long as I keep those three crucial factors in mind, I can lead my League members to contribute to society in a multiplicity of ways.