六一儿童节（又称儿童节，International Children's Day）定于每年的6月1日，是保障世界各国儿童的生存权、保健权和受教育权，为了改善儿童的生活，为了反对虐杀儿童和毒害儿童的节日。

目前世界上许多国家都将6月1日定为儿童的节日，所以我们通常称六一儿童节为国际儿童节。1950年3月30日，旧的4月4日儿童节被废除。1951年6月1日，国际儿童节定名。6月1日不但是六一国际儿童节，还是“世界牛奶日”。

六一儿童节的由来

1949年11月，国际民主妇女联合会在莫斯科举行理事会议，中国和各国代表愤怒地揭露了帝国主义分子和各国反动派残杀、毒害儿童的罪行。为了保障世界各国儿童的生存权、保健权和受教育权，为了改善儿童的生活，会议决定以每年的6月1日为国际儿童节。

In 1949 November, the International Democratic women's Federation Council meeting held in Moscow, China and representatives angry expose the imperialist reactionaries and killing, poisoned children's crimes. In order to protect the world's children's right to survival, health and education, to improve the lives of children, the meeting decided in June 1st of each year as the international children's day.

在此以前，世界上的许多国家就有儿童节。1925年，国际儿童幸福促进会倡议建立儿童纪念日，英国、美国、日本等国积极响应，先后建立了自己国家的儿童节，英国规定每年的7月14日为儿童节，美国规定5月1日为儿童节。日本的儿童节很特殊，分男女儿童节，男儿童节5月5日、女儿童节3月3日。我国在1931年也曾经规定4月4日为中国儿童节。

Prior to this, many countries in the world have children's day. In 1925, the international children's Association's initiative to create a happy children's day, the United States, Britain, Japan and other countries to respond positively, has established its own national children's day, Britain in July 14th of each year for the children's day, the United States set May 1st as the children's day. Japan's children's Day is very special, children's day men and women, men and children's day May 5th, female children's day March 3rd. In 1931 China had set April 4th as the children's day in china.

自从1949年确立6月1日为国际儿童节以后，世界各国纷纷废除原来的儿童节，而统一为"六一国际儿童节"。我国中央政府1949年12月宣布：以"六一国际儿童节"代替原来的"四四儿童节"，并规定少年儿童放假一天。

Since established in 1949 June 1st as the international children's day, all the countries in the world have abolished the original children's day, and the reunification of the "International Children's day". China's central government in 1949 December announced: "the international children's Day" instead of "four four children's Day", and provides children a day off.