New book looks at New China from its founding until today

Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct 1, the Chinese and English versions of A Concise History of the People's Republic of China (1949-2019), compiled by the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, were published by Contemporary China Publishing House.

The book summarizes the striving of New China in the past 70 years in simple language. The endeavors of generations of Chinese have turned China from an agricultural country with a backward economy into the world's second-largest economy. Various undertakings are moving forward and comprehensive national strength is upgrading.

China took only several decades to complete the tasks that took developed countries several centuries. Numerous great events, achievements, theoretical results and heroic models emerged. The book vividly displays the development process of New China in about 230 pages, making it easy for readers to understand the historical process in a short time.