Abstract:As the idealized realization, the political voice of the era, and the outpouring of peoples passion and ideal, the poster design in the era of Mao Zedong marked the times. Although it had many imaginary components, the poster design of that era had reached a new height, i.e. from the reflections on “the National Salvation Movement” to those of “literature and art for the workers”, both of which had made its art form differ from the Western and the traditional Chinas styles in the process of modern national country, thus it became the symbol of political and cultural identity of that time. It had amazing contents, forms and quantities, showing the masses ideals and aspirations of the specifically historical period.