Chinese Propaganda Posters

Here you can find over 3,900 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

Mothers staying at home, mothers going to work

Xin Liliang - Chairman Mao gives us a happy life

Chairman Mao gives us a happy life (1954, March)

Let mother peacefully produce a lot of children

Let mothers do their work in peace (1954, May)

Daddy, mummy, see you tonight

Daddy, mummy, see you tonight (1954, September)

1960-039

Liberate yourself from tedious housework, wholeheartedly go towards the socialist model! (1960, September)

Recently added posters

The new look of Dazhai

The new look of Dazhai (1974, November)

Pictures of four seasons in the rural village (1)

Pictures of four seasons in the rural village (1) (1954, November)

Be like comrade Chen Daishan - Build revolutionary ideals on revolutionary needs

Be like comrade Chen Daishan - Build revolutionary ideals on revolutionary needs (1973, January)

Pictures of four seasons in the rural village (2)

Pictures of four seasons in the rural village (2) (1954, November)

“Loving the People" model Xie Chen

“Loving the People" model Xie Chen (1965, May)

Pictures of four seasons in the rural village (3)

Pictures of four seasons in the rural village (3) (1954, November)

Pictures of four seasons in the rural village (4)

Pictures of four seasons in the rural village (4) (1954, November)

Autumn

Autumn (1954, December)

We ascended Tian'anmen

We ascended Tian'anmen (1989, June)

The Party Secretary at the construction site

The Party Secretary at the construction site (ca. 1975)

Road construction at Qinlingshan

Road construction at Qinlingshan (1957, July)

Festival of the grasslands

Festival of the grasslands (1964, October)

With class struggle as the key link, set off a new high tide in revolutionary production

With class struggle as the key link, set off a new high tide in revolutionary production (1976, May)

Bringing lustre to socialist construction

Bringing lustre to socialist construction (1974, April)

Flourishing new appearance

Flourishing new appearance (1973, January)

Work industriously, work hard, work skillfully to achieve a bigger, better and more comprehensive Leap Forward

Work industriously, work hard, work skillfully to achieve a bigger, better and more comprehensive Leap Forward (1959, February)