An event marking the publishing of Xi Jinping's works in the languages of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states is held in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 17, 2021. Eight books made their debut -- the first volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" in Hindi, Pashto, Dari, Sinhalese and Uzbek, its second volume in Uzbek, as well as "Zhejiang, China: A New Vision for Development" and "The Belt and Road Initiative" in Russian. (Xinhua/Li He) 

An event marking the publishing of Xi Jinping's works in the languages of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states was held in Beijing on Wednesday.

Eight books made their debut -- the first volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" in Hindi, Pashto, Dari, Sinhalese and Uzbek, its second volume in Uzbek, as well as "Zhejiang, China: A New Vision for Development" and "The Belt and Road Initiative" in Russian.

The event was jointly sponsored by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and China International Publishing Group.

The works by Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, open a window for the SCO countries to understand the CPC and China in the new era, said Xu Lin, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and director of the State Council Information Office.

SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov and diplomats to China from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Sri Lanka, among others, attended the event. Enditem

Xu Lin (3rd R), deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the State Council Information Office, and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General Vladimir Norov (3rd L) attend the event marking the publishing of Xi Jinping's works in the languages of the SCO member states, in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 17, 2021. Eight books made their debut -- the first volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" in Hindi, Pashto, Dari, Sinhalese and Uzbek, its second volume in Uzbek, as well as "Zhejiang, China: A New Vision for Development" and "The Belt and Road Initiative" in Russian.