Inscription for the Inaugural Issue of “New Construction” Magazine
(September 29, 1949)

With the advent of a high tide in economic construction, a corresponding upsurge in cultural development will inevitably follow.
The era when the Chinese people were regarded as uncivilized has already passed. We shall appear before the world as a nation endowed with a highly developed culture.
Mao Zedong
September 29, 1949

Inscription for the Inaugural Issue of “New Construction” Magazine
Mao Zedong’s inscription for the launch of “New Construction” magazine.