Book release presents opportunity for nations to bolster mutual trust

The Lao language version of Chinese President Xi Jinping's book on governance was presented on Thursday in the Laotian capital, Vientiane.

Speaking at the presentation, Guo Weimin, deputy director of the State Council Information Office, said the publication of the book's Lao version is of great significance on the occasion of the successful conclusion of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the upcoming visit to Laos by Xi, who is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.

The Lao version of the book Xi Jinping: The Governance of China will help Laotians learn more about China's development concepts, development path and domestic and foreign policies, he said, adding that this also helps promote the exchange of experiences in governance between the two parties and two countries.

According to Guo, the book, together with its newly published second volume, features the rich content of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and offers an important window for the international community to fully, objectively and rationally understand contemporary China.

At the ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Laos Wang Wentian said the publication of a Lao language version of the book will strengthen mutual trust and respect between the two parties and the two countries, enhance understanding of Laotians about China, promote people-to-people connectivity, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, constantly consolidate the traditional friendship and further build a solid foundation for the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Laos.

Kikeo Khaikhamphithoune, a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and head of the party's Commission for Propaganda and Training, said the publication of the book is a valuable gift for the Lao party and the nation's people on the occasion of the upcoming visit of Xi to Laos.

The Lao language versions of Xi's report at the 19th CPC National Congress and his book on governance are of practical significance for Laotians to study and learn from China's theory and experience, Kikeo said.

The book Xi Jinping: The Governance of China includes 79 speeches, talks, interviews, notes and letters of the Chinese leader between November 2012 and June 2014.

Since it was published in September 2014, the book has been translated into 24 languages, 27 versions and more than 6.6 million books have been published worldwide.

Xinhua