In phone calls between Merkel, European Council president Charles Michel and China's President Xi Jinping, the leaders agreed "that the meeting could not take place at the scheduled time in view of the overall pandemic situation, but that it should be postponed," said spokesman Steffen Seibert.
The summit was scheduled to take place in Leipzig, but the coronavirus pandemic has since caused huge travel disruptions around the globe.
In his call with Merkel, Xi said China "stands ready to work with Germany and the European Union" on a variety of issues, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Since emerging in China last December, the virus has killed more than 382,000 people, according to a tally from official sources.
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