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.

For a long time, Zhou Enlai was in charge of China’s diplomatic work. Along with Chen Yi, who became China’s foreign minister in 1958, Zhou was actively involved in developing relations with foreign countries and promoting the friendship between Chinese people and peoples of other countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi are shown here visiting Egypt in December 1963.