The Selected Works of Jiang Zemin, former Chinese President and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), will be distributed to the country's bookstores on Thursday.

The three volumes comprise 203 of Jiang's reports, speeches, articles, letters, inscriptions and decrees from August 1980 to September 2004, sources with the Party Literature Editing Committee of the CPC Central Committee said Wednesday.

Jiang Zemin. [Xinhua/file]

Many of the articles in the selection are for the first time made public, according to an editor of the book.

Jiang, born on August 17, 1926, was also former Chairman of the Central Military Commission.

The books, compiled by the Party Literature Editing Committee and published by the People's Publishing House, systematically elaborate on the important thoughts of the Three Represents, said the editor.

As the core of the CPC third-generation leadership, Jiang initiated the thoughts that the CPC must always represent the development requirements of China's advanced social productive forces, the progressive course of China's advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people.

The decision to compile the books was made by the CPC Central Committee in November of 2003.

The first volume comprises 81 articles, starting with Jiang's explanation of the establishment of special economic zones in Guangdong and Fujian provinces at the 15th Session of the fifth National People's Congress in August 1980.

It ends with Jiang's instruction on the development of China's vast northwest region in August 1997.

The second volume comprises 59 articles during the period from September 12, 1997 to February 1, 2000. Jiang's report at the 15th CPC National Congress on promoting the socialist course with Chinese characteristics is included in this volume.

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