On November 9, 2023, Special Envoy of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue Zhai Jun attended the International Humanitarian Conference for Civilian Population in Gaza in Paris. Heads of state, heads of government, foreign ministers or high-level representatives of countries, including France, Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, and Jordan as well as heads of international and regional organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, the League of Arab States, the African Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council were present at the meeting.

In his speech, Zhai Jun said, China opposes and condemns any acts that harm civilians and violates international law. Zhai Jun highlighted the three pressing tasks. First, stop the fighting as soon as possible and prevent further deterioration of the situation; second, avoid a wider humanitarian disaster, make every effort to protect civilians, and open a humanitarian corridor; third, the international community should redouble diplomatic efforts to bring the crisis back to the track of political settlement.

Zhai Jun pointed out that the lives of Palestinians and Israelis are equally important, and there should be no double standards. Since the outbreak of this round of conflict, China has conducted intensive communication with relevant parties, made every effort to cool down the situation, and provided cash assistance to the people of Gaza through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the Palestinian National Authority, as well as food, medicine and other emergent humanitarian aid supplies to the Gaza Strip. China will continue to work with the international community to make unremitting efforts to quell the fighting in Gaza at an early date, ease the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and bring the Palestinian question back to the right track of the two-state solution.

During the meeting, Special Envoy Zhai Jun also gave an interview to the China Media Group, expounding on China's position on the current Palestine-Israel situation.