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.

During the process of correcting the wrongdoings of the past, some people attempted to negate the leadership of the Communist Party and the socialist system. At a meeting to discuss theoretical work on March 30, 1979, Deng Xiaoping emphasized the importance of the Four Cardinal Principles of adhering to the socialist road, the people’s democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Party and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought.