Due to the diplomatic compromise and defeat of the then Chinese government at the Peace Conference in Paris on May 4, 1919, a group of Chinese young intellectuals launched on the same day a patriotic movement, which later grew into a massive national revolutionary movement, which they actively joined.
Chinese citizens from all over the country, seeking to save the Chinese nation from adversity and crisis.
The "May Movement" is seen as a turning point in the transition of China's old democratic revolution to the period of the new democratic revolution. It is also a turning point in the historic process of the Chinese people's quest for independence, development and progress.