Reform and opening up
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Reform and opening-up, also known as the Chinese economic reform or Chinese economic miracle, refers to a variety of economic reforms in the People's Republic of China that began in the late 20th cent
Statue of Deng Xiaoping in Lianhuashan Park in Shenzhen
Hu Yaobang, then General Secretary of CCP, played an important role in implementing the reforms together with Zhao Ziyang, then Premier of China.
Shenzhen, one of the first special economic zones of China and the "Silicon Valley of China". Notable high-tech companies such as Huawei, ZTE and Konka were all founded in Shenzhen in the 1980s.
The slogan "Time is Money, Efficiency is Life" from Shekou, Shenzhen, representing the "Shenzhen speed"
On 1 October 1949 CCP chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China from atop Tiananmen, after a near complete victory by the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War. The PRC
On October 2, 1949, the Soviet Union was the first country to officially recognized the People's Republic of China after its establishment.
Backyard furnaces were commonly used to produce steel during the Great Leap Forward.
Red Guards on Tiananmen Square during the Cultural Revolution (1967)
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited PRC and met with Mao Zedong in 1958.