Xi’s book on governance debuts at German fair

A book containing Chinese President Xi Jinping's remarks on governance made its debut on Wednesday at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.

Cai Mingzhao, director of the Information Office of China's State Council, Gerhard Schroeder, former German Chancellor, and Shi Mingde, the Chinese Ambassador in Germany, attended the ceremony in Frankfurt.

The book, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, was recently published by the Foreign Language Press in nine languages - Chinese, English, French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese.

The book has 18 chapters, comprised of 79 articles highlighting Xi's speeches, answers to questions, conversations and instructions from November 15, 2012 to June 13, 2014.

In an opening speech at the book fair on Wednesday, Cai said the book answers a lot of major questions related to China's development in the new era and the book will serve as a "window" for the world to understand China.

Schroeder echoed Cai's opinion and complimented Xi as a "politician with great foresight."

Shi, the Chinese Ambassador, said the book comes out at a time as China faces new challenges and are going through major reforms.

Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation, called the book a "milestone." He said the book clears many doubts the international community holds against China's development and assures the world that under no circumstances will China give up reform.