BEIJING, Feb. 23 -- The fourth volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" has been published in five ethnic-minority languages, according to an official statement issued Friday.

The books were published in the languages of Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Kazak and Korean ethnic groups by the Ethnic Publishing House and distributed nationwide, the statement said.

The volume contains a compilation of 109 spoken and written works of Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, from Feb. 3, 2020 to May 10, 2022, along with 45 photographs taken since January 2020. It is divided into 21 sections by topic.

The ethnic-minority language versions of the book are aimed at helping officials and other people in ethnic-minority areas better understand the latest development of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the statement said.