"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 "11. Rejuvenating the country through science and education yields fruitful results" (11. 科教兴国结硕果).
The text reads "The scientific and technological undertakings of New China have gradually developed on the basis of being very backward. Through the hard work of the vast number of scientific and technological workers, our country has achieved brilliant results in important scientific and technological fields such as atomic energy technology, bioengineering, computer technology, aerospace, satellite communications, etc., narrowing the gap with the world's advanced level and laying the foundation for our country's modernization. Over the past 50 years, education has received more and more attention from the whole society. The teaching environment and facilities have been continuously improved, and the scope of education has been continuously expanded. The enrollment rate of school-age children has increased from 20% in 1949 to more than 98%. The number of colleges and universities has also grown from 205 at the beginning of liberation to more than 1,000. Schools of all levels and types have been comprehensively developed, providing a large number of talents for the cause of socialist construction." (新中国的科技事业是在十分落后的基础上逐渐发展起来的。经过广大科技工作者的艰苦努力，我国已在原子能技术，生物工程，计算机技术，航空航天，卫星通信等重要科技领域取得了辉煌成果，缩短了与世界先进水平的差距，为我国现代化建设奠定了基础。 50年来，教育越来越受到全社会的重视。教学环境和设施不断改善，受教育面不断扩大，学龄儿童入学率从1949年的20%上升到98%强，高等院校也从解放初的205所发展到1000多所，各级各类学校得到全面发展，为社会主义建设事业输送了大批人才).
Photographs show, among others, the establishment of the first Chinese research station on the South Pole; the launching of the Long March-2 (长征2号) rocket; sports education in Tibet; Tsinghua University graduates.
