Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that China welcomes more countries to join IOMed on the regular press conference on October 21, 2025.

On October 20, the inauguration ceremony of the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) was held in Hong Kong. Representatives from over 30 founding member states and nearly 200 representatives from various sectors in Hong Kong attended the ceremony. Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying attended the ceremony and delivered remarks.

The vision of the IOMed has a lot in common with the Global Governance Initiative put forth by President Xi Jinping. The IOMed aims to promote reconciliation, cooperation and harmony, defend fairness, justice and equity, uphold extensive consultation, joint contribution for shared benefit, and focus on people-centered approach and real results. Establishing the IOMed is a pioneering act in international rule of law. The IOMed will play a positive role in advancing the building of a community with a shared future for humanity by promoting the rule of law, and will help make Hong Kong the “capital of mediation,”said Guo jiakun.

On May 30 this year, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi attended the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the IOMed and, on behalf of China, signed the convention in Hong Kong. Effective from August, the convention now has 37 country signatories and has been ratified by eight of them. Within just five months, the IOMed has seen its convention signed and put into effect, and started operation, which is not often the case for international organizations. This fully shows that the establishment of the IOMed echoes the trend of the times and is supported and welcomed by the international community, said Guo Jiakun.

The spokesperson finally stated that as the IOMed’s initiator and host country, China welcomes more countries to join the IOMed at an early date, engage in close cooperation with the organization and together make new contribution to world peace and development.  

(Source: MFA)