To pay homage to the Soviet Union, the Communist Party leadership decided in the early 1950s to hold an exhibition in Shanghai in 1955 on the Soviet Union's economic and cultural achievements in the 37 years since the October Revolution.
爲了表達對蘇聯的敬仰，50年代初中共中央決定在1955年在上海舉行展覽，展示蘇聯在十月革命之後的37年終取得的經濟和文化成果。