"The 9th #EUChina High-Level Economic & Trade Dialogue takes place tomorrow 19/07," Executive Vice President of the EU Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, said on his Twitter account on Monday.

"I look forward to co-chairing this important event together with China Vice-Premier Liu He."

The dialogue will be virtual and will take place in the afternoon Beijing time on Tuesday, Western diplomatic sources told Reuters.

The last round of such dialogue was in July 2020 and was also led by Dombrovskis and Liu.