Clare Pearson, chairwoman of British Chamber of Commerce in China

The speech of President Xi shows China is moving from sideline to central in global governance. By literally and metaphorically building bridges across the new Silk Road, China will share its prosperity with the world.

I think the keynote of the speech is 'quality, not quantity'. I think all companies need to clean their mind and adopt this philosophy for sustainable business.

Hasan Abdullah, senior news editor of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Turkey's national public broadcaster

President Xi talked about more integration, opening up to the world. If you look at the last decade, policies made in China are quite amazing. Xi also mentioned that 700 million people have been taken out of poverty (since the reform and opening-up), it's very significant.