AN Illustrated History of the Communist Party of China-china.org.cn

A translation of Manifesto of the Communist Party was published in Shanghai.

Eighth Route Army soldiers celebrating victory on the Great Wall.

Mao Zedong went to Chongqing to talk with the Kuomintang government.

Private handicraftsmen turned to the socialist path by way of cooperatives.

Workers of the Daqing Oilfield at work.

A village-level organization signing a contract with peasants.

From August 1920 to early 1921, early-period groups of the Communist Party of China (CPC) were set up in Shanghai, Beijing, Changsha, Wuhan, Jinan, Guangzhou, Japan and France. Shown here is Chen Duxiu, leader of the Shanghai Communist group, who, with Li Dazhao, was the CPC’s main initiator.