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 the common effort of the Communist Party, democratic parties and non-party democrats, the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was convened on September 21, 1949. It adopted the “Common Program of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference” and other important documents. Shown here is the site of the conference.