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.

New China has adopted a political system of CPC-led multi-party cooperation and political consultation. The political consultative conference is an important organizational form of such cooperation and consultation. Shown here are Mao Zedong and members of democratic parties attending the Second Session of the First Political Consultative Conference in June 1950.