China stands ready to work with the international community to follow through on the Global Security Initiative and safeguard world peace and security, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a routine press conference in Beijing Thursday.
Guo's remarks came after the High-Level Dialog: Global Governance after the UN Summit of the Future was held Wednesday as a panel discussion at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference. It is viewed as a follow-up to the UN Summit of the Future, which concluded with the Pact for the Future last year.
"In a volatile and turbulent world, peace and security are the top priorities of global governance. President Xi Jinping, with a global vision and a focus on the well-being of mankind, personally outlines and promotes the Global Security Initiative, aiming to build broad consensus and great synergy of the international community to improve global security governance, and resolve the security dilemma of mankind," Guo said.
At the dialog, Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong said the Global Security Initiative and the Pact for the Future should strengthen synergy, be implemented in a coordinated manner and help each other succeed. He also put forward suggestions on how to use the initiative as a guide to strengthen security cooperation and promote world peace and tranquility.
Guo said the BFA guests from home and abroad highly commended the progress and achievements made since the Global Security Initiative was proposed in 2022, and expressed high expectations for concerted efforts from the international community to maintain and promote world peace and security.
"China will continue to work with all parties in the international community to translate the Global Security Initiative from consensus into action, and the Pact for the Future from vision into reality, build a community with a shared future for mankind, and create a bright future of lasting peace and universal security," said Guo.
Founded in 2001, the BFA is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization committed to promoting regional economic integration and bringing Asian countries closer to their development goals. Running from March 25 to 28, this year's conference is themed "Asia in the Changing World: Towards a Shared Future."
China stands ready to put Global Security Initiative into action: spokesman
The Israeli government is set to prohibit 37 international aid organizations from operating in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank effective Jan 1, 2026, after authorities stated the groups failed to comply with stricter registration requirements, according to an Israeli media report on Tuesday.
The report from The Times of Israel cited the statement from Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, saying that the new regulations are based on security concerns aimed at removing non-government organizations' staff allegedly linked to so-called "terrorist organizations."
The report came after the Israeli government announced the same day that it would suspend the activities of several international aid organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, in the Gaza Strip starting January 1, 2026, citing the organizations' failure to submit information on their Palestinian staff as required.
Last year, Israel rolled out new regulations on registration requiring international aid groups to provide detailed information of their staff's names, funding sources, and operation status.
On Wednesday, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories stated that the registration mandates were necessary to prevent humanitarian supplies from being exploited by Hamas.
In an online interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) on Wednesday, Bushra Khalidi, policy lead at Oxfam, a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice, said the impact of the ban will be "devastating."
"It is devastating. We've seen the numbers from the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) a few weeks ago. We saw them in the summer. There's been a slight improvement, but that's not good enough for the time of a ceasefire. And six months after the famine was declared, we should have seen much more improvement in Gaza," said Khalidi.
"It's winter here in Palestine. It was raining. It rained a record (amount) of rain per millimeter yesterday in Palestine since 1992. So, the impact is devastating. But the fact that shelter materials, for example, cannot enter. For families, this will mean slower repairs. It will mean fewer supplies. It will mean a longer wait for basic services. It will directly affect the access to clean water, to sanitation, to shelter materials, to public health interventions. Aid that should be moving predictably will remain delayed, it will remain restricted and it will remain stranded," she added.
She also emphasized that the operating environment became nearly impossible for organizations to navigate long before the new ban was announced.
"We have been obstructed and blocked from operating freely and unobstructedly for the last two years by Israel. Israel has killed a record number of humanitarian workers in the last two years. It has bombed our premises, it has bombed our convoys, it has blocked our items. It has driven famine like conditions in Gaza because of blocking humanitarian access. So, I think it's really important to set that scene, is that what is happening now is nothing new. It only continues within the kind of campaign that Israel has orchestrated to drive basically the population of Gazans' survival. So, we are, we have not been able to enter any materials in since March, in fact, us and many other organizations. And of course that has severely restricted our ability to scale up our operations," said Khalidi.
Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, said on Wednesday that Israel's move is no different from cutting off lifesaving supplies for the local population, adding that the European Union has made clear that all obstacles to humanitarian access must be lifted.
Israel bans operations of 37 int'l aid groups in Gaza Strip, West Bank
