Fifty Glorious Years 1949-1999

光辉的五十年1949-1999
Guanghuide wushi nian 1949-1999
Fifty Glorious Years 1949-1999
1999
Zhongguo funü chubanshe (中国妇女出版社), Zhongguo dabaike quanshu chubanshe (中国大百科全书出版社)
77x53 cm.
BG E37/473

"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 "6. Energy and transportation are booming" (6. 能源交通阔步行).

The text reads "Our country's energy and transportation industry has been included in the planned development track of the national economy since 1953. Since the reform and opening up, the country has regarded energy and transportation as the top priority of economic development, has increased capital investment, and introduced advanced foreign technology and equipment, so that energy and transportation have developed rapidly. Among them, coal production has ranked first in the world for several consecutive years, and total power generation ranks second in the world. The length of railways and highways is 3 times and 9 times that of the early days of the founding of the PRC. The energy and transportation problems that have long plagued our country's economic development have been significantly alleviated, providing a strong guarantee for the sustained and stable development of our country's national economy." (我国的能源交通事业,从1953年即纳入国民经济有计划的发展轨道。改革开放以来,国家把能源交通作为经济发展的重中之重,加大资金的投入,引进国外的先进技术和设备,使能源交通得到飞速发展。其中,煤炭产量已连续数年居世界首位,总发电量居世界第二位,铁路和公路的长度分别是建国初期的3倍和9倍.长期困扰我国经济发展的能源,交通问题,得到了明显的缓解,为我国国民经济持续稳定发展,提供了有力保证).

Photographs show, among others, an oil field in the Bohai Sea; steel industry; a new railroad track opened; the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan highway; airport in Fuzhou; nuclear energy facility in Taishan; and Dalian port.

All posters in this series