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Xi Jinping: The Governance of China

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Xi Jinping: The Governance of China

Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, which outlines the political ideas of China's top leadership, contains 79 speeches, talks, interviews, notes and letters of the top Chinese leader between November 2012 and June 2014.

The 79 pieces are arranged in 18 chapters, and notes are added to help readers understand China's social system, history and culture.

The book also contains 45 pictures of Xi Jinping at work and in daily life, with focus on the period since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012.

Topics include: The Chinese Dream, Economic Development, The Rule of Law, Ecological Progress, National Defense, "One Country, Two Systems", New Model of Major-Country Relations, Combating Corruption, The CPC Leadership.

It helps readers around the world better understand China's development, domestic and foreign policies, and response to the concerns of the international community.

It has been translated into 16 languages and has a distribution of over 6.2 million copies around the world.

Book reviews

"I've bought copies of this book for my colleagues as well. I want them to understand socialism with Chinese characteristics."

—Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO, Facebook

"At great length, the ... Chinese leader ... explains to the world how China works, what it intends to do in the coming years during his tenure at the top and how its unique governing system will get it there."

—Huffington Post

"I believe that to be a great leader, one has to be a good reader, good thinker, good speaker, good writer and good doer, and I found President Xi has achieved all of them after I finished reading this book."

-Thai Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam

About the author

Xi Jinping, born in June 1953, is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the President of the People's Republic of China, and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission.

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