Xi's speech positive, comprehensive, says observers

President Xi Jinping's remarks at the ninth BRICS summit on Monday earned warm praise from experts, international delegates and media.

"BRICS cooperation meets common demands of our five nations for development and conforms to the historical trends," Xi said, underscoring their common pursuit of partnership and prosperous development despite their different national conditions.

"These have made it possible for us to transcend differences and disagreements and realize mutual benefits and win-win outcomes," he said.

Here is a collection of comments from attendees.

Kerry Brown, professor of Chinese studies and director of the Lau Institute at King's College

Kerry Brown is professor of Chinese studies and director of the Lau Institute at King's College, London. [Photo Nick J.B. Moore/For China Daily]

"It was originally just a collection of countries that made an appealing acronym. Now that China has shown renewed interest, there is the chance of involving other countries," said Kerry Brown, professor of Chinese studies and director of the Lau Institute at King's College, London.

Brown, the author of a new book on China, China's World, also said BRICS was now a grouping that could lead the reform of global financial architecture, away from just the Washington-based Bretton Woods system of the International Monetary System that has prevailed since the end of World War II. President Xi Jinping called for a more "just and equitable" international order in his address.

"It (BRICS) is part of a diversification of the international financial infrastructure and has given people the opportunity to think about how other partners beyond the traditional ones can play a role. So from that point of view, it is a very useful idea," Brown said.