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.

During the “cultural revolution”, the peasants overcame the disturbances caused by Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and company and persisted in production. Grain output therefore increased steadily. In 1976, the total output of grain was 91.8 million tons more than that of 1965. Peasants in Xintai County, Shangdong Province, are shown here working in a wheat field.