STOCKHOLM, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Entrepreneurs from China and Norway should further their collaboration in energy exploitation and environmental protection, visiting Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said on Thursday.

China was promoting the exploitation of new and renewable energy sources and there was an enormous market potential in China in this field, the Chinese vice premier said at a meeting with Norwegian industrialists and businessmen, according to reports reaching here from the Norwegian capital Oslo.

"I hope that Norwegian enterprises grasp the opportunities to increase investment in the fields and broaden exchanges with their Chinese counterparts in such areas as personnel, technology and management experience," Zeng said.

He also said China welcomed the participation by Norwegian enterprises and environment-related organizations in environmental protection projects in China.

"Norway has abundant experience and progressive technology in environmental protection," he noted.

The two countries could conduct comprehensive exchanges and collaboration in such areas as pollution prevention, the protection of ecological and biological diversity, the handling of climate change, and the development of environmental protection technology, said Zeng. Enditem