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BEIJING, May 3-- To mark the 200th birthday of Karl Marx on May 5, the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau (CCTB) published a series of books Thursday about the life and theory of the German philosopher. The series, consisting of 18 books, was compiled over the past six months based on Marxist classics translated by the bureau. During the past three decades, the bureau has been tasked with translating and compiling the second edition of the 70-volume "Complete Works by Marx and Engels." So far, 28 volumes have been published. The collection of translations is primarily based on the Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA), the complete and largest collection of the works of Marx and Engels, which is edited by the Internationale Marx-Engels-Stiftung in Amsterdam. Marxism is the fundamental ideology of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The CCTB, established in 1953, has been focusing on translating and compiling classics by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin and other Communist thinkers. It has also translated the works of Chinese leaders into different languages. "The classics are carriers of Marxist theories. Our task as translators and compilers is to introduce people to the original writings of the philosophers," said Chai Fangguo, deputy head of the CCTB. THREE YEARS, ONE BOOK "We are speakers for the great men. We should treat each and every word with the utmost prudence," said Gu Jinping, former deputy head of the CCTB. | 
