Zhejiang Party secretary Che Jun visits Norway and expresses his hopes for marine economy exchanges and cooperation between Zhejiang and Norway. [Photo/zjnews.zjol.com.cn]

Following a visit to the United States Zhejiang Party secretary Che Jun and his provincial delegation visited Norway on Aug 27.

On the afternoon of Aug 29 Che met with Norway's Foreign Minister Borge Brende, accompanied by China's ambassador to Norway Wang Min.

Che said, "Since China announced the full normalization of our political and diplomatic relations with Norway last year, Zhejiang and Norway, with complementary strengths, have been considering the great potential in bilateral cooperation."

"Zhejiang is accelerating development of the new Free Trade Zone to build a new pattern of all-around opening-up. Norway has unique advantages in marine economy because of its location. Zhejiang should learn from Norway's experience in marine economy development for application within the Belt and Road framework,”said Che.

Brende expressed positive thoughts on the broad prospects in cooperating with Zhejiang in the future.