Any labor, all labor indispensable to complete the Five-Year Plan, it's all glorious labor!

任何劳动,都是完成五年计划不可缺少的劳动,都是光荣的劳动!
Renhe laodong, dou shi wancheng wunian jihua buke queshaode laoding, dou shi guangrongde laodong!
Any labor, all labor indispensable to complete the Five-Year Plan, it's all glorious labor!
1956, March
Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe (上海人民美术出版社)
53x77 cm.
PC-1956-013

The worker operates a Chinese typewriter, containing a set of characters, cast in metal. An arm with a pointer is moved over the table of characters to make a selection, and the press of a lever causes the corresponding character to be lifted and struck onto the paper.
In the background is a poster by Cai Zhenhua: Socialism is our goal, it is our direction!, March 1956.