US experts responded favorably to President Xi Jinping's speech at the Boao Forum for Asia on Tuesday.
In his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the annual forum held in Hainan province, Xi voiced China's determination to proceed with further reform and opening-up, including laying out plans for some specific economic sectors.
Amy Celico, a principal at the consulting firm Albright Stonebridge Group and a former senior director for China affairs at the Office of the US Trade Representative, described Xi's speech as "encouraging to many of us".