The sales of the book "Xi Jinping: the Governance of China", have exceeded 5.2 million around the world, Zhou Mingwei, head of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, said Wednesday.

Zhou was speaking at the 22nd Beijing International Book Fair, which opened Wednesday.

The book, published in Chinese, English, French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese, will improve the world's understanding of China's development, domestic and foreign policies, and response to the concerns of international society.

On Wednesday another book of Xi's remarks in English and Korean was launched at the book fair.