The Chinese version of On Building A Human Community With A Shared Future was published in 2018 by Central Party Literature Press. This book is the English edition, which collects dozens of scripts of President Xi Jinping on building a human community with a shared future since November 2012. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping has brought up the idea of building a human community with a shared future. To keep promoting a human community with a shared future is an important part of Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, which shows humanity's common pursuit of peace, development, equity, justice, democracy, freedom, etc., containing the greatest common divisor of the world people's longing towards peace, development and prosperity.
Xi Jinping (simplified Chinese: 习近平; traditional Chinese: 習近平) is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the President of the People's Republic of China, and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission. As Xi holds the top offices of the party and the military, in addition to being the head of state through the office of President, he is sometimes informally referred to as China's "paramount leader". As General Secretary, Xi is also an ex officio member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top decision-making body.