"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 "3. Reform and opening up show great ambition" (3. 改革开放展宏图).
The text reads "The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CCP Central Committee held in December 1978 decided to shift the focus of the Party's work to economic construction, and our country entered a new era of reform and opening up. Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of reform and opening up, guided the people of the country to carry out a great transformation with the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, and achieved remarkable achievements. In the 20 years of reform and opening up, China has become one of the countries with the fastest economic development, the most obvious increase in comprehensive national strength, and the fastest improvement in people's living standards in the world. From 1993 to 1997, China's annual economic growth rate was 11%, ranking first in the world, and its comprehensive national strength jumped to sixth place. In 1998, China's foreign exchange reserves reached more than 140 billion US dollars, ranking third in the world." (1978年12月召开的中国共产党十一届三中氰化物，决定将全党工作重点转移到以经济建设为中心上来，从此我国进入改革开放的新时期。 改革开放的总设计师邓小平以建设有中国特色社会主义的理论，引导全国人民进行了一场伟大的变革，取得了举世瞩目的成就。 改革开放20年，中国成为当今世界经济发展最快，综合国力增强最明显，人民生活水平提高最迅速的国家之一。1993年到1997年，中国经济年均增长率为11%， 居世界首位，综合国力跃升至第六位。1998年中国外汇储备已达1400多亿美元，居世界第三位.).
The photographs show the Third Plenum in session; the report of the session in People's Daily (人民日报); signing of a new rural household production contract in Shaanxi; a wharf; construction of high-rise buildings in Shanghai and Shenzhen; the opening of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 9 December 1990.
