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.

The development of supply and marketing cooperatives played a positive role in expanding socialist elements in the urban and rural economy. It helped the peasants to turn to the socialist path. Salespeople of a supply and marketing cooperative are shown here purchasing grain and selling daily necessities in the countryside after the autumn harvest.