Spotlight: Cambodian version of Chinese president's book on governance launched in Phnom Penh
Xinhua / | 11 April 2017
PHNOM
PENH, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian version of Chinese President Xi
Jinping's book on the governance of China was released on Tuesday in the
capital of Cambodia.
Cambodian
Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Jiang Jianguo, vice head of the
Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,
presided over the release ceremony of the book at the prime minister's office,
Peace Palace.
The
ceremony, broadcast live on the country's leading Fresh News website and Hun
Sen's Facebook page, was attended by some 500 officials, academicians,
researchers and university students.
The book
"Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" contains 79 speeches, talks,
interviews, notes and letters of the Chinese leader between November 2012 and
June 2014, and it helps readers around the world to better understand China's
development, domestic and foreign policies and response to the concerns of the
international community.
Hun Sen
said the book featured Xi's thoughts on governance, economy, improvement of
welfare and life for the people, rule of law, cultural advancement, ecological
conservation and China's contributions to peace and stability in the region and
the world.
"The
book will enable the Cambodian people to better understand Chinese President Xi
Jinping's thoughts on the deep reforms of the governance of China," he
said.
"I'd
like to encourage all officials, professors and students to read the book and
choose good thoughts to practice in your real work."
The prime
minister said he was impressed by Xi's ideas on governance, anti-corruption,
increase in confidence among the people, and China's foreign policy that treats
countries in the world as good and true friends.
Meanwhile,
Hun Sen said China has been playing a crucial role in boosting global economy
and trade and in maintaining political stability in the region and in the
world.
"China's
progress has greatly benefited the world because China has adhered to the
coexistence principle," he said.
Jiang,
who is also the chief of China's State Council Information Office, said the
book, to date, has already been translated into 16 languages and has a
distribution of over 6.2 million copies around the world.
"I
believe that the Cambodian version of the book will provide a broader
opportunity for Cambodian readers to learn China's experience in governance and
administering the country," he said.
Cambodia's
Secretary of State and spokesman for the Council of Ministers Phay Siphan said
the book would provide Cambodians a deeper understanding about the Chinese
leader and his thoughts on political issues and foreign policies.
"The
Cambodian language book stands as an iron symbol of solidarity and cooperation
between Cambodia and China," he told Xinhua.
"It
will enable Cambodian readers to better understand China's successful
experience in economic development, administration and international relations."
Sorn
Samnang, an advisor to the Cambodian government, said with the Cambodian
version of the book, more Cambodian people would be able to read it.
"This
book offers very useful information and experience for Cambodia in its national
development," he told Xinhua.
Khlot
Thyda, president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, said she had read the
Cambodian version of the book and believed that it would be an invaluable asset
for Cambodian readers.
"With
the book, I'm strongly confident that more Cambodians will better understand
President Xi's philosophy of governance and use his philosophy to reflect on
the reality in Cambodia," she told Xinhua.
She said
the book provided comprehensive knowledge of China's policies on energy,
economy, technology, environment, security, governance, corruption and
international relations.
"The
book helps the international community to better understand China's mentality,
domestic and foreign policies and response to the concerns of international
community as well as the Chinese Dream," she said.
Thyda
said in the book, she was impressed by Xi's win-win approaches such as the
establishment of a new model of major-country relations and the Belt and Road
Initiative.
The
translation and publication work of the Cambodian edition of the book was
completed in close collaboration between the China Foreign Languages Publishing
Administration (CFLPA) and the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of
Cambodia.
Chea
Munyrith, director of the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia,
said the 603-page book would offer Cambodian readers a broader opportunity to
better understand about China.
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