Chinese Posters

This website shows over 5,000 Chinese propaganda posters, with information about their history, background and design. You can browse a Gallery of 200 highlights, look at over 300 theme presentations, or search and browse posters, artists and tags.

Gallery

A selection of 200 higlights from our collections. Go to the gallery, or pick something from below:

Themes

Over 300 theme presentations, with posters and background information. Some popular themes:

The Great Leap Forward

Great Leap Forward (1958-1961)

Cultural Revolution Campaigns

Cultural Revolution Campaigns (1966-1976)

Working Women

Quotations from Chairman Mao

Quotations from Chairman Mao

Highlighted posters

Mao Zedong Thought

Mao Zedong Thought is the magic weapon to victoriously combat all enemies at home and abroad!

Mao Zedong Thought is the magic weapon to victoriously combat all enemies at home and abroad! (ca. 1967)

Spread Mao Zedong Thought more widely throughout the world

Spread Mao Zedong Thought more widely throughout the world (1971, June)

Strengthen Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought

Strengthen Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought (ca. 1951)

Arming our minds with Mao Zedong Thought to become heroic warriors of the working class

Arming our minds with Mao Zedong Thought to become heroic warriors of the working class (1960, April)

Recently added posters

A new hand is added to the transportation front

A new hand is added to the transportation front (1976, December)

Amusing battery-powered toys

Amusing battery-powered toys (ca. 1980?)

The fire is roaring, the steel is red, the aspiration is even stronger

The fire is roaring, the steel is red, the aspiration is even stronger (1976)

Returning to the battlefield

Returning to the battlefield (1979, July)

A small group of thugs in the headquarters of universities and colleges will not get away with their crimes

A small group of thugs in the headquarters of universities and colleges will not get away with their crimes (1967, May)

Inhuman fascists

Inhuman fascists (1967)

State of emergency - State of emergency

State of emergency - State of emergency (1967)

These atrocities are horrific

These atrocities are horrific (1967)

The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plump, the yield is abundant

The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plump, the yield is abundant (1956, March)

The army-civilian joint defense is always on the alert

The army-civilian joint defense is always on the alert (1971, August)

Our students have returned

Our students have returned (1975, December)

People's Republic of China Heritage Protection law Propaganda hanging chart (2)

People's Republic of China Heritage Protection law Propaganda hanging chart (2) (2002)

People's Republic of China Heritage Protection law Propaganda hanging chart (1)

People's Republic of China Heritage Protection law Propaganda hanging chart (1) (2002)

<People's Republic of China Heritage Protection law> Propaganda hanging chart

<People's Republic of China Heritage Protection law> Propaganda hanging chart (2002)

Spring is there throughout the four seasons (3, 4)

Spring is there throughout the four seasons (3, 4) (1986, June)

Spring is there throughout the four seasons (1, 2)

Spring is there throughout the four seasons (1, 2) (1986, June)