国内英语新闻:Compilation of Xi Jinping's anti-graft remarks published

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- A compilation of select remarks by Chinese President Xi Jinping on the fight against corruption and the construction of a clean Communist Party of China (CPC) has been published.

The book was published by the Central Party Literature Press and the China Fangzheng Publishing House, according to a press release by the CPC's central committee on Sunday.

The book, divided into 9 sections, brings together 216 remarks by Xi from more than 40 speeches, articles and written instructions between Nov. 15, 2012 and Oct. 23, 2014.

Many of the quotes in the book are being published for the first time, according to the press release.

A circular issued jointly by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the CPC's discipline agency asked Party officials to take the essence of the remarks to heart and behave in line with the decisions so as to ensure an effective counter-corruption drive.