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.

In order to strengthen the Party’s leadership over the mass work in the Kuomintang-controlled areas and the united front work, the CPC Central Committee set up the Changjiang Bureau and the Southern Bureau in Wuhan and Chongqing. Shown here are Zhou Enlai, Qin Bangxian, Ye Jianying and Dong Biwu, leaders of the Southern Bureau, with Lin Boqu and Xu Teli in Chongqing.