The "China Competitiveness" book series is set to be published in Arabic, Russian, Bulgarian, and Turkish.

The "China Competitiveness" book series will be published in Arabic, Russian, Bulgarian, and Turkish, according to a signing ceremony held at the Nanjing venue of the Smart Beijing International Book Fair on Sept 28.

The foreign language versions of "China Competitiveness" are expected to increase the world's understanding of infrastructure construction in China.

The book series includes five books, namely, China High-speed Railway, China Tunnel, China Shield, China Bridge, and China Subway, which showcase the development of China's scientific research and technological development over the past 10 years by examining a number of different projects.

The Chinese version was published by Yilin Press, a subsidiary company of Phoenix Publishing & Media Inc. (Phoenix Media).

The four publishers of the four foreign language versions are important publishers in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Xu Hai, editor-in-chief of Phoenix Media, believes that such books should emphasize the strengths of Chinese design in order to change common stereotypes about Chinese products and improve public opinion.

Representatives from publishers of the "China Competitiveness" series in China, Lebanon, Russia, Sri Lanka, and Turkey pose for a group photo.

Bassam Chebaro, head of an Arabic publisher, expressed hope that Lebanon can learn and benefit from China's expertise, saying that he wants to showcase China's important infrastructure to Arab countries by publishing the series.

General-manager assistant of the Russian publisher of this series, said that they believe the book series has great academic and cross-cultural value, and it is a good way for Russian people to learn about China and the lives of Chinese people.

"I'm very confident in the book series because the advanced technologies introduced in the book are what Sri Lanka urgently needs. The series is sure to be popular among Sri Lankan readers," said head of the Sri Lankan publisher.

"We're confident that we can accurately translate the "China Competitiveness" book series into Turkish," noted head of the Turkish publisher, "We also believe that the series will teach Turkish people about China and strengthen the relationship between the two countries."

Ge Qingwen, head of Yilin Press, added that the publication of "China Competitiveness" in four languages will boost cooperation between relevant companies in China and other countries in infrastracture and high-end manufacturing and pass Chinese expertise in infrastructure construction onto BRI countries.