The selection activity of "National Upward Good Youth" is held once a year, and the socialized selection method is adopted to widely mobilize young members from all fields and industries to actively participate in the activity, and actively seek and find young role models around them who meet the selection criteria for good youth, practice socialist core values and take the lead in promoting socialist spiritual civilization.

There are five categories of "National Good Youth", which focus on the ideological and moral performance of young people. The specific selection criteria are as follows.