CONTENTSBirth of China Pictorial 13A Window to the Nation – The Cover Stories of China Pictorial 15FOOTPRINTS OF THE NATION October 1950: First Anniversary of New China’s Birth 22November 1950 issue: Farmer Harvesting Rice 25February 1951 issue: Chinese and DPRK Soldiers Fight Shoulder to Shoulder 28June 1951 issue: Growing Up Embraced by Motherland 31June 1952 issue: Children on the Bank of West Lake 33March 1953 issue: Mourning the Death of Stalin 35September 1953 issue: Floodwater Release of Sanhe Sluice 38February 1954 issue: No. 7 Steelmaking Furnace of Ansteel 40September 1954 issue: China’s First Constitution Is Born 43October 1955 issue: Celebrating the 6th Birthday of the PRC 46December 1955 issue: Boom of Agricultural Cooperatives 49June 1956 issue: Ethnic Minority Girls in an Agricultural Cooperative 52July 1956 issue: Yan’an – Holy Land of the Chinese Revolution 55December 1957 issue: Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge 58April 1958 issue: Ming – tomb Reservoir – Miracle Built by Volunteers 61No. 19 Issue of 1959: 10th Birthday of the PRC 63No. 20 issue of 1959: Opening Ceremony of the First National Games of China 65No. 11 issue of 1960: Sailing in Sunshine 68No. 13 issue of 1960: National Flag of China Flies above the Summit of the Planet 70Special Issue for the 26th World Table Tennis Championships in 1961 73November 1961 issue: Beijing’s Top 10 Buildings 76March 1962 issue: Artistic Boom 79January 1964 issue: Forever Ashima 81September 1965 issue: Modern Peking Opera The Legend of the Red Lantern 84October 1965 issue: Go Where the Nation Needs Us Most 87June 1966 issue: Work-Study Students 89February 1970 issue: Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy – Cultural Feast of a Special Historical Period 92October 1971 supplementary issue: Quotations from Chairman Mao 95August 1972 issue: Hit Film The White-Haired Girl 98December 1972 issue: Worker-Peasant-Soldier Students 101September 1974 issue: “Educated Youths” Settle in Rural Areas 104January 1975 issue: Red Stars Light My Way to the Battlefield 107August 1976 issue: “Barefoot Doctor” Chun Miao 109June 1977 issue: Reading Selected Works of Mao Zedong (Vol. 5) 112January 1978 issue: The Aroma of Freedom 115January 1980 issue: Mural Nezha Conquers the Dragon King 118August 1980 issue: Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team – Creating a Legend 120October 1983 issue: New Generation of College Students 123April 1984 issue: Musicians Meet across the Taiwan Straits 126April 1987 issue: Dream of the Red Chamber on TV 128August 1990 issue: Panda Pan Pan – Mascot of the 11th Asian Games 130November 1995: Internationalized Uniforms for Chinese Airline Stewardesses 133May 2001 issue: Millions on the Move 136June 2003 issue: Fighting SARS 138July 2006 issue: Greeting the Plateau Railway 141June 2008 issue: All for Life 144August 2008 issue: Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics 147October 2009 issue: Celebrating the 60th Birthday of the PRC 150April 2010 issue: Shanghai Expo Shows China’s Confidence 153February 2012 issue: Chinese Film “Dream Weavers” Bridge Eastern Culture with the World 158March 2013 issue: Chinese People, Chinese Dream 160May 2013 issue: Nansha Islands Guards 163August 2015 issue: Wanping, Town of Memories 166January 2016 issue: China Ushers in the “Second-Child” Era 169March 2016 issue: China’s 13th Five-Year Plan 171January 2018 issue : China has successfully flown its first amphibious large aircraft 176March 2018 issue: Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was officially opened 178February 2019 issue: The crucial year of winning the battle against poverty 180FAMOUS FIGURES IN HISTORYAugust 1950 issue: Liang Jun – China’s First Female Tractor Driver 184December 1950 issue: Huang Xiaodan – Militia Hero 186April 1951 issue: China’s Nightingale – Li Landing 188February 1952 issue: Li Xuesan – Salute the Country 190May 1954 issue: Meng Tai – Hero of Ansteel 192June 1954 issue: Wang Guangru – Bouquet for Chairman Mao 195November 1956 issue: Qi Baishi – Chinese Painting Master 197April 1957 issue: Bai Yang – From a Dramatic Actress to a Film Star 199January 1958 issue: Zheng Fengrong – World-Record Breaker 201March 1958 issue: Qin Guifang – China’s First Female Pilot 203August 1958 issue: Test Field in Hong’an County 205No.11 issue of 1959: Rong Guotuan – China’s First World Champion 208No.20 Issue of 1960: Xing Yanzi – Model for Educated Youths 211October 1961 issue: Peking Opera Master Mei Lanfang 214May 1963 issue: Zhu Kezhen – China’s “Father of Meteorology” 217January 1965 issue: Li Shaokui – Model Steelworker 220February 1965 issue: Tibetan Singer Ronci – From the “Roof of the World” to Beijing 222April 1966 issue: “Iron Man” Wang Jinxi 225November 1972 issue: Female Driller Zhao Ensheng 227January 1976 issue: “Iron Girl” Guo Fenglian 229April 1977 issue: Wu Quanqing – Man of Steel 232September 1978 issue: Fencer Luan Jujie 234June 1980 issue: Ma Yanhong – Gymnastics World Champion 237August 1986 issue: Zhang Jiqing – Queen of Kunqu Opera 240January 1987 issue: Jihu Asha – The Bravest Woman in China 243September 1987 issue: Liu Xiaoqing – The “Best Actress in China” 246April 1989 issue: Peng Li – The First Chinese Mainland Model Abroad 249November 1989 issue: “Chinese Father of Missiles” Qian Xuesen 251January 1993 issue: Gong Li – Representative Chinese Actress Globally 254January 1998 issue: Wang Zhongcheng – Father of Chinese Neurosurgery 257March 1998 issue: Liu Chuanzhi – The Legend Returns 260August 2011 issue: Yao Ming: “No Goodbyes” 263August 2012 issue: Yao Chen – Favored by Fate 266October 2014 issue: Jack Ma – Everything Is Possible 269January 2015 issue: Chen Penbin – Tireless Runner 272CONTENTSBirth of China Pictorial 13A Window to the Nation – The Cover Stories of China Pictorial 15FOOTPRINTS OF THE NATION October 1950: First Anniversary of New China’s Birth 22November 1950 issue: Farmer Harvesting Rice 25February 1951 issue: Chinese and DPRK Soldiers Fight Shoulder to Shoulder 28June 1951 issue: Growing Up Embraced by Motherland 31June 1952 issue: Children on the Bank of West Lake 33March 1953 issue: Mourning the Death of Stalin 35September 1953 issue: Floodwater Release of Sanhe Sluice 38February 1954 issue: No. 7 Steelmaking Furnace of Ansteel 40September 1954 issue: China’s First Constitution Is Born 43October 1955 issue: Celebrating the 6th Birthday of the PRC 46December 1955 issue: Boom of Agricultural Cooperatives 49June 1956 issue: Ethnic Minority Girls in an Agricultural Cooperative 52July 1956 issue: Yan’an – Holy Land of the Chinese Revolution 55December 1957 issue: Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge 58April 1958 issue: Ming – tomb Reservoir – Miracle Built by Volunteers 61No. 19 Issue of 1959: 10th Birthday of the PRC 63No. 20 issue of 1959: Opening Ceremony of the First National Games of China 65No. 11 issue of 1960: Sailing in Sunshine 68No. 13 issue of 1960: National Flag of China Flies above the Summit of the Planet 70Special Issue for the 26th World Table Tennis Championships in 1961 73November 1961 issue: Beijing’s Top 10 Buildings 76March 1962 issue: Artistic Boom 79January 1964 issue: Forever Ashima 81September 1965 issue: Modern Peking Opera The Legend of the Red Lantern 84October 1965 issue: Go Where the Nation Needs Us Most 87June 1966 issue: Work-Study Students 89February 1970 issue: Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy – Cultural Feast of a Special Historical Period 92October 1971 supplementary issue: Quotations from Chairman Mao 95August 1972 issue: Hit Film The White-Haired Girl 98December 1972 issue: Worker-Peasant-Soldier Students 101September 1974 issue: “Educated Youths” Settle in Rural Areas 104January 1975 issue: Red Stars Light My Way to the Battlefield 107August 1976 issue: “Barefoot Doctor” Chun Miao 109June 1977 issue: Reading Selected Works of Mao Zedong (Vol. 5) 112January 1978 issue: The Aroma of Freedom 115January 1980 issue: Mural Nezha Conquers the Dragon King 118August 1980 issue: Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team – Creating a Legend 120October 1983 issue: New Generation of College Students 123April 1984 issue: Musicians Meet across the Taiwan Straits 126April 1987 issue: Dream of the Red Chamber on TV 128August 1990 issue: Panda Pan Pan – Mascot of the 11th Asian Games 130November 1995: Internationalized Uniforms for Chinese Airline Stewardesses 133May 2001 issue: Millions on the Move 136June 2003 issue: Fighting SARS 138July 2006 issue: Greeting the Plateau Railway 141June 2008 issue: All for Life 144August 2008 issue: Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics 147October 2009 issue: Celebrating the 60th Birthday of the PRC 150April 2010 issue: Shanghai Expo Shows China’s Confidence 153February 2012 issue: Chinese Film “Dream Weavers” Bridge Eastern Culture with the World 158March 2013 issue: Chinese People, Chinese Dream 160May 2013 issue: Nansha Islands Guards 163August 2015 issue: Wanping, Town of Memories 166January 2016 issue: China Ushers in the “Second-Child” Era 169March 2016 issue: China’s 13th Five-Year Plan 171January 2018 issue : China has successfully flown its first amphibious large aircraft 176March 2018 issue: Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was officially opened 178February 2019 issue: The crucial year of winning the battle against poverty 180FAMOUS FIGURES IN HISTORYAugust 1950 issue: Liang Jun – China’s First Female Tractor Driver 184December 1950 issue: Huang Xiaodan – Militia Hero 186April 1951 issue: China’s Nightingale – Li Landing 188February 1952 issue: Li Xuesan – Salute the Country 190May 1954 issue: Meng Tai – Hero of Ansteel 192June 1954 issue: Wang Guangru – Bouquet for Chairman Mao 195November 1956 issue: Qi Baishi – Chinese Painting Master 197April 1957 issue: Bai Yang – From a Dramatic Actress to a Film Star 199January 1958 issue: Zheng Fengrong – World-Record Breaker 201March 1958 issue: Qin Guifang – China’s First Female Pilot 203August 1958 issue: Test Field in Hong’an County 205No.11 issue of 1959: Rong Guotuan – China’s First World Champion 208No.20 Issue of 1960: Xing Yanzi – Model for Educated Youths 211October 1961 issue: Peking Opera Master Mei Lanfang 214May 1963 issue: Zhu Kezhen – China’s “Father of Meteorology” 217January 1965 issue: Li Shaokui – Model Steelworker 220February 1965 issue: Tibetan Singer Ronci – From the “Roof of the World” to Beijing 222April 1966 issue: “Iron Man” Wang Jinxi 225November 1972 issue: Female Driller Zhao Ensheng 227January 1976 issue: “Iron Girl” Guo Fenglian 229April 1977 issue: Wu Quanqing – Man of Steel 232September 1978 issue: Fencer Luan Jujie 234June 1980 issue: Ma Yanhong – Gymnastics World Champion 237August 1986 issue: Zhang Jiqing – Queen of Kunqu Opera 240January 1987 issue: Jihu Asha – The Bravest Woman in China 243September 1987 issue: Liu Xiaoqing – The “Best Actress in China” 246April 1989 issue: Peng Li – The First Chinese Mainland Model Abroad 249November 1989 issue: “Chinese Father of Missiles” Qian Xuesen 251January 1993 issue: Gong Li – Representative Chinese Actress Globally 254January 1998 issue: Wang Zhongcheng – Father of Chinese Neurosurgery 257March 1998 issue: Liu Chuanzhi – The Legend Returns 260August 2011 issue: Yao Ming: “No Goodbyes” 263August 2012 issue: Yao Chen – Favored by Fate 266October 2014 issue: Jack Ma – Everything Is Possible 269January 2015 issue: Chen Penbin – Tireless Runner 272
