On February 22, 2024, Legal Advisor and Director-General of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Foreign Ministry Ma Xinmin, on behalf of China, made a statement during the oral proceeding before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) relating to the request for an advisory opinion on the issue of occupied Palestinian territory. Based on China's policy position on the Palestinian question, he elaborated on China's views and propositions on legal issues such as the Court's advisory jurisdiction, the right of nations to self-determination, the law on the use of force, and international humanitarian law.

This marked the second time that China participated in an oral proceeding before the ICJ relating to the request for an advisory opinion, following its participation in the oral proceeding before the ICJ relating to the request for an advisory opinion on the issue of the independence of Kosovo in 2009.