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.

The First National Congress of the Party formally declared the founding of the Communist Party of China. At the congress, Chen Duxiu was elected secretary of the Central Bureau. Shown here is the Party’s first constitution and a resolution passed by the congress.