"Fifty Glorious Years 1949-1999" (光辉的五十年1949-1999), designed by the Museum of the Chinese Revolution (中国革命博物馆) and published by the Zhongguo funü chubanshe (中国妇女出版社) and the Zhongguo dabaike quanshu chubanshe (中国大百科全书出版社) in 1999, is a series of 20 posters devoted to the period 1949-1999.

The developments that occurred after the adoption of Deng Xiaoping's strategy of Reform and Opening Up (改革开放) in 1978 receive more attention than the events preceding 1978. In that sense, the series celebrates the successes of Deng's actions. Jiang Zemin, Deng's successor, takes the credit for these successes as well.

The text on the first poster of the series reads "The great People's Republic of China has gone through 50 years. Under the leadership of the CCP, the hardworking and courageous Chinese people have overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles and built poor and backward old China into a new socialist China with initial prosperity. This is the most glorious chapter in Chinese history.
On 1 October 1949, a new page of Chinese history was opened. Mao Zedong, the founder of the Republic, led the Chinese people to embark on the socialist road, relying on self-reliance and hard work, and basically changed the backward appearance of our country with its poverty and backwardness.
In December 1978, the CCP held the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee with far-reaching historical significance. Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of reform and opening up, creatively proposed the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, guided the Chinese people to carry out great and profound changes, and achieved great achievements that attracted worldwide attention.
The new generation of leaders with Jiang Zemin as the core has carried forward the past and opened up the future and forged ahead. In September 1997, the CCP held its 15th National Congress in Beijing. The whole party and the people of the whole country are determined to raise the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory higher and comprehensively promote the cause of socialist modernization in our country into the 21st century." (伟大的中华人民共和国已经走过了50个春秋。勤劳勇敢的中国人民，在中国共产党的领导下，战胜各种艰难险阻，把贫穷落后的旧中国建设成为初步繁荣昌盛的社会主义新中国。这是中国历史上最光辉的篇章。
1949年10月1日，中国历史揭开了新一的页。共和国缔造者毛泽东劳动中国人民，走上了社会主义道路，自力更生，艰苦奋斗，基本改变了我国一穷二白的落后面貌。
1978年12月，中国共产党召开了具有深远历史意义的十一届三中全会。改革开放的总设计师邓小平创造性地提出了建设有中国特色社会主义的理论，引导中国人民进行了伟大而深刻的变革，取得了举世瞩目的巨大成就。
以江泽民为核心的新一代领导集体承前启后，开拓进取。1997年9月，中国共产党在北京召开了第十五次桥光代表大会，全党全国人民决心更高地举起邓小平理论的伟大旗帜，把我国的社会主义现代化事业全面推向21世纪.).