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.

At an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission (CMC) in November 1989, Jiang Zemin, the newly appointed chairman of the CMC, emphasized that the basic principle for the building of the people’s army is to uphold the Party’s absolute leadership over the army. Jiang Zemin, Yang Shangkun, Liu Huaqing and Yang Baibing are shown here at the meeting.