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.

Through mutual-aid cooperatives, individual peasants turned to the socialist path. After the land reform, the Party encouraged the peasants to participate in various kinds of mutual-aid teams on a voluntary and mutually beneficial basis. Peasants of a mutual-aid team in Shahe County, Hebei Province, are shown here working in the fields.