Speech earns praise from global leaders

President Xi Jinping brought a spirit of "pragmatism and boldness" in a cooperative way to the G20 summit when addressing the country's domestic difficulties and global challenges.

Global opinion leaders commented shortly after Xi, who made his G20 debut, delivered a keynote speech to the leaders' summit on Thursday.

They said they were impressed by Xi's candid nature and pragmatism in implementing structural reform at home even at the cost of a slower pace of economic growth. They welcomed Xi's stance of requesting a greater voice and decision-making rights in global economic governance on behalf of emerging economies.