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 April 22, 1956, the preparatory committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region was set up. In September 1965, the Tibet Autonomous Region was formally established. People of various nationalities in Lhasa are shown here at a gathering in front of the Potala Palace to celebrate the founding of the autonomous region.