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BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- A book of extracts from Chinese President Xi Jinping's discourses on the construction of socialist culture was recently published by the Central Party Literature Press and has been distributed across the country.

The book, featuring eight themes, includes 361 pieces of discourse extracted from over 70 speeches, reports, instructions and congratulatory letters by Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

The discourses date from Nov. 15, 2012 to July 26, 2017. Many of them are being published for the first time.

This book, together with nine previously published collections of Xi's discourses on the construction of socialist economy, politics, society, ecological progress, among other areas, offers a complete series of works for CPC members to study Xi's thoughts and strategies.