Xi Jinping: The Governance of China

Compiled by the State Council Information Office of China, the CCCPC Party Literature Research Office and China International Publishing Group, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China is published by Foreign Languages Press in Chinese, English, French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese, and distributed worldwide.

After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, the new CPC Central Committee, with Xi Jinping as the general secretary, set off on a new journey of reform and opening up and modernization. In the course of this new start, Xi Jinping has made a series of speeches on the governance of China. Representing the concepts and principles of governance of the CPC leadership, his new ideas and assessments have answered both theoretical and practical questions about China’s development in this new phase of the country’s history.

This book is a compilation of Xi Jinping’s major works from November 15, 2012 to June 13, 2014; it comprises 79 speeches, talks, interviews, instructions and correspondence in 18 chapters. Each item is accompanied by relevant notes about China’s social system, history and culture for readers’ reference. In addition the book also includes 45 photos taken at different stages of Xi’s life, which provide readers with more information about his work and life.

The publication of this book in various languages is of great significance. It will contribute to interpreting the concepts and principles of governance of the CPC leadership, and it will help the international community to learn more about and better understand China’s ideas, its path of development, and its domestic and foreign policies, and its response to international concerns about China.

The book is published in ten languages, namely simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, English, French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese; all are available in hardback and paperback. It is 155mm×235mm in size and varies from 500 to 600 pages in different editions.