The book on President Xi Jinping's views on the governance of China has been released in the Urdu language in Pakistan.

At the launch of the Urdu version of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China in Islamabad on Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said China had modernized its economy and governance "with tremendous speed and precision".

"From this book, we learn how China has transformed itself in the last four decades," Sharif said during the book's launching ceremony, referring to China's belief in "putting people first".