Even more "commendable", according to netizens, is his white armband bearing five red strokes. Most Chinese adults never saw themselves or classmates in primary school get more than three strokes, which show the wearer to be a young pioneer leader in a school. Two strokes indicate the wearer is a monitor of a class and one stroke indicates he or she is the overseer of a small team.
于先生（武汉市少工委负责人）表示，“五道杠”队章是武汉少工委在12年前设立的，但他并未透露黄艺博的责任是什么。
