Xi’s Book on Governance Published in Lao Language

THE LAO LANGUAGE VERSION of Xi Jinping:The Governance of China was officially launched in the Lao capital Vientiane on Nov. 9.

Speaking at the launching ceremony,Guo Weimin, vice minister of China’s 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 (CPC) and the upcoming visit by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping to Laos.

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.

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

Guo Weimin (second right), vice minister of China’s State Council Information Office, and Kikeo Khaikhamphithoune(second left), member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, with other officials at the book's launching ceremony in Vientiane on Nov. 9.