On the morning of August 25, 2015 at the special press conference on the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO), Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming introduced the foreign guests who were invited to attend the event.

Zhang Ming said that China has invited countries and international friends relevant to the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War to solemnly hold the Sept. 3 Commemoration together with the Chinese people in China, which has received wide response and support from the international community. So far, 49 countries have confirmed their attendance at the commemoration at invitation, including 30 heads of state, heads of governments and other foreign leaders, 19 high-level government representatives as well as 10 leaders of the international and regional organizations. The foreign leaders and government representatives who have confirmed their attendance are listed as follows (in the English alphabetical order of the names of their countries):

Foreign leaders (a total of 30): President Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko of Belarus, Chairman Dragan Čović of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, President Miloš Zeman of the Czech Republic, President Joseph Kabila Kabange of the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi of Egypt, President Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan, President Choummaly Sayasone of Laos, President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj of Mongolia, President U Thein Sein of Myanmar, President Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan, President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea, President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia, President Tomislav Nikolić of Serbia, President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma of South Africa, President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, President Taur Matan Ruak of East Timor, President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, President Truong Tan Sang of Viet Nam, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Sato Kilman of Vanuatu, Amado Boudu, Representative of the President, Vice President and Senate President of Argentina, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Vice President of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Abdelkader Bensalah, Representative of the President and President of the Council of the Nation of Algeria, Parliament Speaker Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska of Poland, Choe Ryong Hae, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Prawit Wongsuwon, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Thailand.

Government representatives (19): Michael Ronaldson, Representative of the Government and Minister of Department of Veterans Affairs of Australia, Jaques Wagner, Presidential Representative and Defense Minister of Brazil, Laurent Fabius, Representative of the Government and Foreign Minister of France, Peter Szijjarto, Representative of the Government and Foreign Minister of Hungary, V. K. Singh, Representative of the Government and Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Paolo Gentiloni, Representative of the Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Mohamed Dayri, Representative of the Government and Foreign Minister of Libya, Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting, Special Envoy of the Government and Prime Minister's Special Envoy to China of Malaysia, Nout Wellink, Special Envoy of the Government and State Secretary of the Netherlands, Ferhat Horchani, Presidential Representative and Defense Minister of Tunisia, Don McKinnon, Special Envoy of Prime Minister and former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Wong Kan Seng, Special Envoy of the Government and former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore,and Kenneth Clarke, Special Envoy of Prime Minister and former Justice Minister of the United Kingdom.

Envoys from Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Papua New Guinea, the United States and the European Union to China will be present as government representatives.

Zhang Ming said that heads of 10 international and regional organizations, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations, Director-General Margaret Chan of the World Health Organization (WHO), Director-General Irina Gueorguieva Bokova of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Director-General Li Yong of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Secretary-General Dmitry Mezentsev of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Director Zhang Xinfeng of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev of the Commonwealth of the Independent States, Secretary-General Nikolai Bordyuzha of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), Executive Director Gong Jianwei of the CICA Secretariat, will be present upon invitation.

In addition, 6 former political heavyweights including former Prime Minister Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of Japan, former President of the Philippines and Mayor of Manila Joseph Estrada, former Captain Regent Gianfranco Terenzi of San Marino, former President José Manuel Ramos-Horta of East Timor, former Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, as well as envoys from different countries to China and resident representatives of international organizations to China, will also be present upon invitation.