Xi Jinping's speeches offer the world a chance to better understand modern China

In the less than two years that Xi Jinping has been China's top leader, he has taken the nation onto a new journey of reform, opening up and modernisation.

Now, for the first time, a book titled Xi Jinping: The Governance of China - a collection of some 80 of his speeches - has just been released in multi-language editions, including English. The book presents comprehensive and systematic answers to major problems that China has encountered and serves as a unique opportunity for the international community to understand the country.

In fact, the book deals not only with Chinese matters, but with the world at large. Readers will get a clear picture of the concepts and strategies of China's new leadership, feel the drastic changes in China, and come to see its people's dreams and pursuits.

More importantly, people outside China will be able to understand where China has come from, in which direction it is going and what it means for them.

Soon after taking office, Xi said that China's path of socialism with a Chinese character "is the only way to foster our country's development and stability and create a better life for our people". He admitted that "it will not be an easy path".

Today, China's economy ranks second in the world. Meanwhile, China remains the largest developing country with a per capita gross domestic product that ranks about 80th in the world, showing that its development is not well balanced, coordinated or sustainable.