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.

Following the instructions of the CPC Central Committee, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army to cross the Yellow River in southwest Shandong at dusk on June 30, 1947. The movement was the prelude to the strategic offensive by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Shown here are PLA troops crossing the Yellow River at night.