Propaganda poster has reflected the hightights of twentieth century PRC politics. It was based on Mao Zedong personality cult, which stands on the cults of Marxism-Leninism ideologists - K. Marx, F. Engels, V. Lenin, J. Stalin. The Chinese political poster developed under the direct influence of Soviet art, from which Chinese artists borrowed Mao Zedong iconography foundations. In the course of time it acquired individual features that were not typical for Soviet socialist realism. They appeared due to the political line changes. The origins of these traits can be traced in Chinese traditional art, despite the fact that it was considered a relic of the past. An important place in the Chinese political poster was occupied by the image of an overhuman, in whose role Mao Zedong was most often represented. Among the ideologists of Marxism- Leninism, Chinese poster artists commonly chose the images of Stalin and Marx, while Lenin was rather rare, and the image of Engels practically never met. In the form of an overhuman, other characters could also appear: except the Marxism-Leninism ideologists, it could be collective ideal images, or real "model" personalitiesи.