Photo taken on June 29 shows the third volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China in Chinese and English (XINHUA)

The third volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China has been published by the Foreign Languages Press in both Chinese and English and is available at home and abroad.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2017 included Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into the Party Constitution and in March 2018, the First Session of the 13th National People's Congress, the national legislature, adopted amendments to the Constitution and incorporated Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into it.

All this shows that the guiding ideology of the CPC and the nation has progressed with the times.

Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the theoretical banner for building a strong, Marxist governing party and ensuring long-term governance of the Party and long-term stability of the country. It is also a guideline for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics at a new historical starting point and achieving national rejuvenation.

The first and second volumes of the book have been well received at home and abroad since they were first published in 2014 and 2017, respectively.

President Xi Jinping has made a series of important expositions in leading and promoting governance in the new era since the 19th CPC National Congress, and put forward many major concepts and ideas, enriching and developing the Party's theoretical innovations.

The new volume is a collection of 92 articles, including speeches, conversations, instructions and letters by Xi, who is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, between October 18, 2017 and January 13, 2020.

The articles are divided into 19 topics. The volume also contains 41 photos of Xi at various events in that period.

The new volume has been compiled by the State Council Information Office, the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, and the China International Publishing Group.

It records the practices of the CPC Central Committee with Xi at the core in uniting and leading the whole Party and Chinese people of all ethnic groups to make new and major progress in the various undertakings of the Party and the country since the 19th CPC National Congress.

It shows the latest theoretical developments in Marxism in China and the Party's contribution to building a community with a shared future for humanity. It is an authoritative work that reflects Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era fully and systematically.

The new volume will help readers understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It stresses strengthening the Party's consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, uphold the leadership core, and keep in alignment.

It urges developing stronger confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics, as well as upholding the authority of the CPC Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership.

It also motivates the Chinese to secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and strive to make socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era successful.

It helps them better understand why the CPC can lead the nation and the people to historic achievements, why Marxism works, and the advantages of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Besides, it will help the international community better understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the CPC, Marxism and socialism with Chinese characteristics.