Chinese Propaganda Posters

Here you can find over 3,650 Chinese propaganda posters, with information about their history, background and design. You can browse a Gallery of 200 highlights, look at over 290 theme presentations, or search and browse by poster, artist and tags.

Gallery

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

Themes

Over 290 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

Mao Zedong Thought

Mao Zedong Thought

Highlighted posters

Spring is coming!

Welcoming spring

Welcoming spring (1962, July)

Our first Spring in the Wilderness

Our first Spring in the Wilderness (1976, May)

Spring rain

Spring rain (1977, October)

The people are industrious, spring is early

The people are industrious, spring is early (1987, July)

Recently added posters

The victorious return of the "Feng Qing" long distance ship

The victorious return of the "Feng Qing" long distance ship (1974, November)

The seaport of the motherland

The seaport of the motherland (1964, July)

The wind-riding, wave-cleaving "Heping No. 28"

The wind-riding, wave-cleaving "Heping No. 28" (1958, September)

The big ship's sea trial

The big ship's sea trial (1965, October)

The new look of Quzhuang, Guangzhou

The new look of Quzhuang, Guangzhou (1985, April)

Modern city traffic

Modern city traffic (1985, July)

Flowering city, flying rainbows

Flowering city, flying rainbows (1985, April)

Comrade Deng Xiaoping inspects the troops

Comrade Deng Xiaoping inspects the troops (1986, August)

We must resolutely follow the road of socialism!

We must resolutely follow the road of socialism! (1958, February)

Exterminate insect pests, strive for a bumper harvest!

Exterminate insect pests, strive for a bumper harvest! (1956, March)

We must continue to do a good job in the anti-Lin rectification

We must continue to do a good job in the anti-Lin rectification (1973, October)

Being warm-hearted, patient and humble makes the customer leave the store satisfied.

Being warm-hearted, patient and humble makes the customer leave the store satisfied. (1956, August)

Autumn Harvest brand - Direct dyes (1958?)

Protect forests, make the nation green, make the next generations happy

Protect forests, make the nation green, make the next generations happy (1984)

The Vietnamese people resist the American aggressor - pictorial exhibition

The Vietnamese people resist the American aggressor - pictorial exhibition (ca. 1967)

Great alliance, great strength

Great alliance, great strength (1959, September)