China appreciates Hamburg's active efforts in promoting the role of the Hamburg Summit, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong said here Thursday, hailing the summit as an important platform to strengthen Sino-EU mutual understanding and cooperation.

Liu made the remarks when meeting with the city's mayor, Olaf Scholz, during the seventh "Hamburg Summit: China Meets Europe," a biennial platform founded in 2004.

Expecting Hamburg could continue to play an important role for bilateral communication and cooperation in the coming years, Liu said Hamburg has been a leading EU city in conducting cooperation with China.

Hamburg is also an active participant in China's Belt and Road Initiative as well as Asia-Europe interconnectivity, Liu said.

She also expressed China's willingness to work with Germany to pass on the successful experience of holding the Group of 20 Summit, which is going to take place in Hamburg next year.

For his part, Scholz said he is glad to see his city's active role in promoting Germany-China cooperation, noting that Hamburg maintains good communication and cooperation with China in many fields.

Hamburg welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest in the city and will continue to provide convenient conditions and an open environment to facilitate bilateral cooperation, he said.