A grand ceremony was held Monday July 1, 2009 in Regent Hotel, Beijing, celebrating the birth of a new book “100 photographers’ focus on China” and the 28th birthday of China Daily.

The book consists of 362 pictures taken by 248 photographers, which present a visual and vivid history of China since the memorable date of Oct 1, 1949.

This volume is the fifth of its series, and as the family album for China, the books have charted the course of this nations’ journey during the past 60 years.

The hundreds of pictures were assembled by China Daily and published by China Wenlian Publishing Corporation to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Some of the photographers were also present at the ceremony, sharing the stories behind their photos with the guests.

A farmer's representative in Kongjia Village, Qufu, Shandong, in 1964. [Yuan Yiping/China Photographers Association] More photos from the Politics Chapter of the book“100 photographers’ focus on China”

Hong Kong farmers work on the land in 1949.[Hong Kong photographer Kan Hing-Fook] More photos from the Economy Chapter of the book“100 photographers’ focus on China”

A man eats in the doorway of a migrant workers canteen in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, in 1985. [Hei Ming/The Chinese Academy of Arts] More photos from the Society Chapter of the book“100 photographers’ focus on China”

A young man is shouted at as he breakdances in the parking lot of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing in 1988. [Wang Wenyang/China Intellectual Property News] More photos from the Culture Category of the book“100 photographers’ focus on China”