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.

Many millions of private handicraftsmen in urban and rural areas turned to the socialist path by way of cooperatives. In 1956, the socialist transformation of handicraft industry was basically completed. Shown here is a wood furniture producers’ cooperative formed by private handicraftsmen in Xinhui County, Guangdong Province.