* * * 80 works won prizes (53 paintings and 27 scripts). That's Ji Maoxin (Zhang Zaixue), the poor man turned to Gan Kun (), the storm (Fei, Wu Zhaoxiu) and Qu Yuan (Dong). During this period, comic books reflecting real life occupied the main position, and works with rich life flavor and folk style such as Great Changes in the Countryside appeared. Many painters gradually formed their own styles, such as Youzhi, Liu Jiyou, Wang Hongli, Cheng Shifa, Liu Danzhai and Lin Kai. Maple won the first prize of 1979 National Art Exhibition Award for the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Some old painters' works, such as Fei's "Three Courts", were well received. 1980, more than 400 million copies of comics 1000 were published nationwide. 198 1 year, the Ministry of Culture, China Artists Association and the State Publishing Bureau jointly held the second national cartoon creation award, and *** 1 10 won the prize (77 paintings and 33 scripts). The five paintings that won the first prize were Bethune in China (Xu Rongchu, Xu Yong and Gu), White Light (He Youzhi), Fifteen Passes (Wang Hongli), White-haired Girl (Hua Sanchuan) and Scar. The first prize of the script is "Chinese Idiom Story" (Yang et al. ) The Sword of the Brave (Qiu Yang, Chen Changming) The Path on the Grassland (adapted by Ren Wu). This influential cartoon has played a pioneering role in introducing new authors and advocating new styles. At the initiative of Jiang Feng, in 198 1, the Central Academy of Fine Arts established the Department of Comic New Year Pictures (later changed to the Department of Folk Fine Arts). The national comic book theory series "Comic Book Theory" was first published in August 1980, and the comic book art has experienced unprecedented prosperity. 1982 China published more than 2 100 cartoons with 860 million copies, and 1983 ~ 1984 * * published more than 50,000 copies, and comic books and periodicals mushroomed. Comic books have more diverse themes, such as A Dream of Red Mansions and The Journey to the West, as well as works by Chinese and foreign writers such as Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Lao She, Shakespeare, Hugo, Balzac, Gorky, Mark Twain and Andersen. Comics, which are compiled into cartoons and introduce scientific, cultural and historical knowledge, also appear in large numbers.

In order to promote the development of comics, chinese comic Research Association was established in May, 1983. Elected as the current president, Zhao Hongben, Ju, He Youzhi, Zhang and Li Dingxing as the vice presidents. By the end of 1985, 12 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions had established cartoon research societies.

In the 6th National Art Exhibition Awards, Comic won 23 medals, ranking first among all kinds of paintings. Among them, there are 4 gold medals, and his works include Man to Middle Age (especially Jin Dong, see one of the color pictures, Man to Middle Age (China Modern)), Crescent Moon (Li Quanwu and Xu Yongmin), Stick into Mei Duo (Han Shuli, see one of the color pictures, Stick into Mei Duo (China Modern)) and Lauren's Exam (Gao

Comic books have made great progress in art since 1980s. Young and middle-aged cartoonists have solid basic skills, high starting point, active thoughts, courage to learn from them and creativity. They broke the traditional format such as single-line sketch or black-and-white sketch, and made many attempts and new breakthroughs in painting, composition, dealing with the relationship between time and space, shaping images and depicting psychology. The forms and styles of comic books are unprecedented, and the artistic quality is constantly improving.