"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 title reads "2. Good governance and a prosperous country" (2. 政通人和国家兴).
The text reads "The founding of the PRC has ushered in a new era in Chinese history. Over the past 50 years, the socialist new China has undergone earth-shaking changes. Now, China has political stability, economic prosperity, and people's unity.
All rights in the PRC belong to the people. In order to better exercise their right to manage the country, our country has established the People's Congress, a fundamental political system that best suits the national conditions. The CCP unites all socialist workers, patriots who support socialism, and patriots who support the reunification of the motherland, and has established a broad united front. The multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the CCP is a basic political system in our country.
Our country is a unified multi-ethnic country. After the founding of the PRC, the party and the government adhered to the principles and policies of national unity and national equality and realized the system of regional ethnic autonomy. Mutual trust, mutual respect, and mutual support among all ethnic groups have formed a close and harmonious Chinese family." (中华人民共和国的成立，开创了中国历史的新纪元。50年来，社会主义的新中国发生了翻天覆地的变化。现在，中国政治稳定，经济繁荣，人民团结。
中华人民共和国的一切权利属于人民。为了更好地行使自己管理国家的权利，我国建立了人民代表大会这个最适合国情的根本政治制度。中国共产党团结一切社会主义的劳动者，拥护社会主义的爱国者和拥护祖国统一的爱国者，建立了广泛的统一战线。中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度，是我国的一项基本政治制度。
我国是一个统一的多民族国家。中华人民共和国成立后，党和政府坚持民族团结，民族平等的方针和政策，实现了民族区域自治制度。各民族之间相互信任，相互尊重，相互支援，形成了一个亲密的和睦的中华民族大家庭).
The photographs show, among others, the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, 中国人民政治协商会) in September 1949, with Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling and others attending; a parade in August 1952, on the occasion of the establishment of autonomous regions; the first session of the National People's Congress in September 1954 (in the previous building); various delegates; the Great Hall of the People.
