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 leadership of the Party over the socialist construction, the CPC Central Committee decided in April 1957 to launch a rectification campaign against subjectivism, factionalism and bureaucracy. Workers and staff members of the Northwest No. 1 Cotton Mill in Shaanxi Province are shown here voicing criticisms of Party cadres at a group meeting.