The "award" rendered by the Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration does not help facilitate the settlement, while it is more like "pouring fuel on the flame".
The South China Sea arbitration ruling will not impose "any influence" on China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights, Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui said on Saturday.
World renowned scholars and experts on maritime disputes and ocean law questioned on Saturday a ruling by The Hague's Arbitral Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that denied China's historical rights to the South China Sea, as a "wrong", "one-sided" and "political decision".
Working together, building trust and friendship and not conflict is the way to solve territorial problems and move forward, said Tung Chee-hwa, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR.
The Public International Law Colloquium on Maritime Disputes Settlement has kicked off in Hong Kong on Friday.
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said his country will not yield to any pressure or make deals for its core interests.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague has no jurisdiction over South China Sea disputes between China and the Philippines, which unilaterally filed an arbitration case, a Hong Kong law expert said.
Western media have hyped up the South China Sea issue for a long time, with reports full of prejudice and distortion.
From an academic perspective, overseas Chinese scholars of international law have many reasons why the South China Sea case, initiatd by the Philippines, has eroded their "trust and passion" in international law.
The South China Sea arbitration unilaterally raised by the Philippines will set a serious, wrong and bad example, and China has every reason to oppose the arbitration, said a Chinese diplomat.
All countries involved in South China Sea disputes should settle their differences peacefully, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday to discuss maritime issues, at the latter's invitation.
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