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.

Due to the “Left” dogmatic mistakes committed by Wang Ming, the Central Red Army suffered serious setbacks in the struggle against the fifth “encirclement and suppression” campaign. As a result, the Red Army was forced to take a strategic move and start the Long March in October 1934. Shown here is Ruijin in Jiangxi Province -- one of the starting points of the Long March.