Xi's speech praised at home, abroad | Xi's Moments

The New Year's speech delivered by President Xi Jinping on Sunday evening has gone viral on the internet and has won praise from observers at home and abroad with his pledges of greater efforts in boosting reform, public welfare and world stability.Xi's speech, featuring traditional Chinese sayings such as, "Building a tall building begins with mounds of soil," attracted likes in social networks as many echoed his point of taking a step-by-step approach and working hard to turn blueprints into reality.Shortly after its release, the video of the nearly 12-minute speech spread quickly on the two major Chinese social networks — Sina Weibo and WeChat.Within the first 24 hours, the video issued by an official Weibo account of China Central Television alone scored more than 11 million views, 12,000 reposts and 44,000 likes.Weibo user Jiangbaoqiu Barque quoted Xi's words, "Happi ………………………………