Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung

After the Seventh National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong became the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the Mao Zedong Thought became part of the guiding ideology of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1951, when Mao Zedong visited the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph Stalin suggested that Mao publish his anthology. In May 1950, the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party formally decided to establish the Mao Zedong Anthology Editorial Committee, with Liu Shaoqi as its director. == Volume Information ==

Volume 1 The first volume of the Selected Works included a total of 17 articles ranging from 1925 until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Published in October 1951, it was first printed by Xinhua Printing Factory, Peking First Branch Factory. It was sold at a price of 15,000 yuan and 200,000 copies printed. It was formally published and distributed by the People's Publishing House on April 10, 1952, with a price of 25,000 yuan. It was formally published and distributed by People's Publishing House on April 10, 1953, and was priced at 15,000 yuan. The fourth volume of the Selected Works included a total of 70 articles by Mao Zedong after the Second Sino-Japanese War and before the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was officially published and distributed by the People's Publishing House on September 30, 1960, priced at 14,000 yuan. The fifth volume of the Selected Works included 70 articles by Mao Zedong after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was formally published and distributed by People's Publishing House on April 15, 1977, with a price of 1.25 yuan. The compilation and editing of this volume took ten years due to the Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong's opposition to the publication of a fifth volume of his works. Hua Guofeng insisted on the publication of the fifth volume of the Selected Works. == Unofficial Publications ==

A number of unofficial volumes of the Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, specifically Volumes 6–9 were published in India by Karanti Publications, Secunderabad, and Sramikavarga Prachuranalu, Hyderabad. == Notes ==