If one party to the dispute does not agree to mediation, can the people's mediator enforce the mediation procedure?

If one party to the dispute does not agree to mediation, the people's mediator shall not forcibly start the mediation procedure. Upon the application of one party, the people's mediation committee may not directly mediate. Because the people's mediation Committee should fully respect the wishes of the parties no matter how it accepts disputes.

The classification of contradictions and disputes includes:

1. Civil disputes refer to disputes involving personal relations or property relations between equal subjects. Including disputes caused by civil acts such as marriage and family, neighborhood relations, real estate, personal injury, contracts and loans;

2 administrative disputes refer to administrative disputes and disputes between administrative organs at all levels and citizens, legal persons or other organizations in the course of performing their duties. Including disputes and disputes caused by administrative actions such as land, mountains, water conservancy, resource ownership, medical and health care, public security management and urban management;

3. Disputes involving law and litigation: refers to contradictions and disputes caused by the dissatisfaction of the parties with the way in which criminal law enforcement, administrative law enforcement and other power departments handle cases or problems.

Legal basis: Article 17 of the Measures for People's Opinion Polls in China.

If one party explicitly refuses to mediate, mediation shall not be conducted. When accepting an application for mediation, the people's mediation committee must take the voluntary mediation of both parties as the premise. If one party applies and the other party is unwilling to mediate, the people's mediation committee can accept it, but it cannot force mediation.