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 1985, a further step was taken in rural reform. The state abolished the traditional practice of state monopoly on the purchase of agricultural and sideline products, and started to purchase such products through contract and on the open market. The new policy gave an impetus to the development of a planned commodity economy in rural areas. Shown here is a booming rural market in the Zhujiang River Delta area, Guangdong Province.