"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 "15. New and old friends all over the world" (15. 新朋老友遍天下).
The text reads "The founding of the PRC ended the history of old China being bullied by the great powers. New China has always held an independent and peaceful foreign policy. On the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, by the end of 1998, it had established diplomatic relations with 163 countries in the world. In 1971, our country resumed its lawful seat in the United Nations. Over the past 50 years, our country's international status has been rising day by day, and we have friends all over the world. Now, the Chinese people have established extensive friendly and cooperative relations with people of all countries with independence, peace, equality and development as their goals. The powerful PRC and its influence in the international community are expanding day by day, and China has become an important force in maintaining world peace." (中华人民共和国的成立，结束了旧中国饱受列强欺凌的历史。新中国始终举行独立自主的和平外交政策，在和平共处五项原则的基础上，到1998年底，先后同世界上163个国家建立了外交关系。1971年，我国恢复了在联合国的合法席位。50年来，我国的国际地位日益提高，我们的朋友遍天下。现在，中国人民以独立，和平，平等，发展为目标，各国人民建立了广泛的友好合作关系。强大的中华人民共和国和国际社会中影响日益扩大，中国已经成为维护世界的和平的重要力量).
Photographs show Mao Zedong and Richard M. Nixon (1972); Zhou Enlai addressing the Bandung Conference (1955); the PRC joining the United Nations (1971); resumption of Sino-Japanese relations (1972); Deng Xiaoping meeting Malinese President Moussa Traoré (1981); Jiang Zemin visiting Moscow to attend the Commemoration of Fifty Years after the Victory over Fascism (1995); the 1995 United Nations' Women's Conference in Beijing; Bill Clinton, accompanied by Hillary and Chelsea, visiting the terracotta warriors in Xi'an (1998).
