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 July 6, 1976, Zhu De passed away, and on September 9 of the same year Mao Zedong passed away. After that, Jiang Qing and her counterrevolutionary clique tried to seize the Party and state power. On October 6, 1976, the CPC Central Committee crushed the clique, bringing to an end the turmoil of the “cultural revolution.” Shown here are one million people in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, celebrating the historic victory.