BEIJING, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech at a gathering in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland has been published by the People's Publishing House.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered the speech in Macao on Dec. 20 when the inauguration ceremony of the fifth-term government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) was also held.

The book is available at Xinhua Bookstore outlets across the country.