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 Kuomintang government refused to accept the “Agreement on Internal Peace” (final amendment) reached by negotiators of the two sides. On the night of April 20, 1949, one million PLA troops crossed the Yangtze River. Soldiers are shown here crossing the river under enemy fire.