The book contains 374 works by 283 photographers, each detailing their own images of China's development and documenting the changes in people's lives over the past 70 years. The exhibition will tour 20 universities, including the Renmin University of China, Tsinghua University and Beijing Normal University, and 22 libraries in Beijing from Wednesday.

Speaking about the book, Zhou writes in the preface: "Over the past 70 years, by bidding farewell to poverty and backwardness and leaving behind grief and national humiliation, China has stepped confidently into a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics. A China full of vigor and hope stands tall in the East and is moving ever closer to the center of the world stage."