"Understanding the CPC" series, published by the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, is a collection of books to be released in May 2016.

"Foreigners generally do not understand the Communist Party of China, particularly its historic transformation from a "revolutionary Party" seeking power to a "ruling Party" exercising power," wrote Robert Lawrence Kuhn, an international corporate strategist and political/economics commentator, in his introduction to the book series.

"These books offer the CPC explaining the CPC. These are not dispassionate, academic critiques, but real-life expositions of how the CPC interprets itself, presenting reflexively what the CPC wants the world to know," said Kuhn

The series, which consists of five books, Exploring the Miracle, Serving the People, Governing China, China and the CPC and The Good Fight, addresses the fundamental questions that foreign readers have regarding China, including the country's one-Party rule, Party structure, organization and governance, how the CPC brought about China's development "miracle", its remarkable anti-corruption campaign, and challenges it faces in the future amidst increasing domestic complexity and international volatility.

The published version is easy-to-understand with concise and simple language illustrated by typical cases, hot topics and diversified opinions and comments. It draws a vivid picture of real life in China and the CPC.

According to Kuhn, it may well be "a case study of what happens when a country with a one-Party political system seeks to construct a prosperous and democratic society."

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