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 April 23 to June 11, 1945, the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China was convened in Yan’an. The Party’s political line adopted at the congress was to boldly mobilize the masses and expand the people’s forces so that, under the leadership of the Party, they would defeat the Japanese aggressors and build a new China. Shown here is the site of the congress.