BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao's speech at a December 27 rally which honored model institutions and individuals that contributed to the success of the Shanghai World Expo has been published in five Chinese ethnic minority languages.

The text of the speech was published in Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Kazakh and Korean by the Ethnic Publishing House Tuesday.

The Shanghai World Expo, which ran from May 1 to October 31 last year in the east China city of Shanghai, attracted 246 countries and international organizations and a record 73 million visitors.