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 August 18, 1980, Deng Xiaoping made a speech on the “Reform of the System of the Party and State Leadership” at an enlarged meeting of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee. The speech provides the outline for China’s political restructuring.