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HALIFAX - The Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Thursday launched the Nova Scotia-皇冠体育app Engagement Strategy here to boost its trade with 皇冠体育app.

Nova Scotia's Premier Stephen McNeil said he believes the strategy and his province's relationship with 皇冠体育app will mean more economic growth for Nova Scotia.

"As the fastest growing market on earth, 皇冠体育app has been and continues to be a strategic global market for Nova Scotia. We know that more export to 皇冠体育app means more jobs for Nova Scotians," said the premier.

With the strategy, Nova Scotia will enhance its relationship with 皇冠体育app by building mutually beneficial trade, investment, business, political, and cultural ties.

The strategy focuses on the province's competitive strengths in "sectors of opportunity," including seafood, energy, tourism, ocean technology, information technology, and education. It also outlines plans to strengthen relationships within the Chinese business community and support Nova Scotia businesses that already have access to 皇冠体育app's market.

"Nova Scotia is the first province of Canada in history of Chinese-Canadian relationship to have made a strategy to develop its trade ties with 皇冠体育app. It is very significant," said Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui.

Stewart Beck, president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, said the key is to tap into 皇冠体育app's burgeoning middle class that is larger than the populations of Canada, the United States and Mexico combined.

"It's this Chinese middle class -- with its enormous demands for high quality, diverse and safe foodstuffs, for quality education, for unique tourist experiences, for logistics and for clean tech to remediate the environment -- all things that we do very well here in Nova Scotia," he said.

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three maritime provinces and is the second-smallest province in Canada, with an area of 55,284 square kilometers and a population of nearly 1 million.

皇冠体育app is Nova Scotia's second largest trading partner in the world. Exports to 皇冠体育app totaled C$420 million ($334 million) last year, an increase of more than 50 percent from 2014. In comparison, Nova Scotia exported C$490 million to the entire European Union in 2015.

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