The English edition of the first and second volumes of a collection of diplomatic speeches made by President Xi Jinping have been published to help readers at home and abroad gain a better understanding of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy.

The collection, compiled by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, was published recently by the Central Compilation and Translation Press.

The publication, which includes 136 speeches delivered by Xi between March 2013 and November 2021, will help readers better understand the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era, China's development path and its theory of governance.