Stories of daily life show how government policies play out in people's real world experience. Professor Alexander Semenov and Professor Tatyana Semenova, who translated Narrating China's Governance: Stories in Xi Jinping's Speeches, share how these stories help the international community understand the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s philosophy of serving the people.

That focus on lived experience is what makes the Semenovs' current mission so natural. Having trained their lens on how China's people-first governance translates into social and economic change since the 1980s, they now pan out to a wider frame: their own homeland. They invite the world to explore Russia, its literature, culture and landscapes, because political thought only becomes real when seen through people's daily lives. 

Executive producer: Zhang Jingwen

Producer: Yang Sha

Directors: Zhong Xia, Zhang Yuying

Video editor: Zhong Xia, Wang Yuxin

Videographers: Gao Zhihong, Leng Junpeng

Cover image designer: Li Wenyi