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.

On the basis of investigation and research, and summing up of former experiences, the Party Central Committee issued draft regulations regarding work in agriculture, industry, commerce, the handicraft industry, education, science, and literature and art. Liu Shaoqi is shown here investigating in a field of the Guangfu People’s Commune in Changsha County, Hunan Province, in April 1961.