CYC director Soong Shih-hsuan judged that the switch of the social infrastructure from an agricultural to an industrial and urban base would bring a conflict between old and new values, and cause tensions among youth at the most important stage of their development.
談起它設立的經過，那得要追溯到民國五十八年，救國團主任宋時選，鑑於社會型態由農業進入工業，結構不斷在改變，人口集中於都市，很易引起新舊價值觀念的衝突。