China is willing to further enhance cooperation with central and eastern European countries in areas of economic development strategy and planning, pushing ahead inter-connectivity in infrastructure and cooperation in trade and production capacity, a top official pledged.

"China is ready to unswervingly expand the scope of market openness, and push ahead the opening of its modern service sector, manufacturing and agriculture," Hu Chunhua, vice-premier of the State Council, said at the China-CEEC Cooperation Forum in Ningbo on June 9.