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Dear Colleagues:
　　I am Head of the Department of International Finance in the School of Economics at the Beijing University, perhaps the most prestigious university in China, and I am writing to recommend Mr. Hui Dushu, one of my favorite students, for acceptance into your Master's program.

　　I got to know him personally last semester when he was taking the course of Special Topics on International Finance that I was teaching. In the class, he showed great interest in economics. He studied conscientiously and often talked with me after the class about the questions that he had come across in his readings. Once when we talked about the country's ongoing restructuring of its tax system, he delved into the increasing cost of tax evasion. We then discussed several methods of calculating the cost. As we talked, I found that he was very skilled in expressing his ideas through diagrammatic curves and mathematics. Recognizing that the government's attitudes to acts of tax evasion will affect not only people's behavior but also the cost of levying taxes, he saw possible solutions to the problem in the Game Theory. I encouraged him to pursue this idea. He said he didn't know much about the Game Theory and proceeded to borrow some essays by Nash from me. He thus left me with a deep impression.


　　Studying with conscientiousness, Mr. Hui often came up with creative ideas. Unlike some other students, he studied not to just pass the exams but to really improve his knowledge and expertise. He stands out among his fellow classmates with an unmistakable thirst for genuine understanding of the country's economic realities and problems. That has won him appreciation from not just me but my colleagues as well. But he did do well in exams too. In the final exam of last semester, he got a high score of 90 for my course.


　　He often talks with me about his ideal to become an economist. To help quench his thirst for knowledge, I have lent many of my own books to him and tutored him in his self-study program. He has been much more engrossed in doing independent research than preparing for exams, but his grades still keep him ranked among the top 25% of his class. I think he is a very intelligent young fellow.


　　Mr. Hui has a good command of the English language. As he is well acquainted with me, he has often helped me in my own research by translating some English essays that I am too busy to translate. His translations are usually quite good. His oral English is good too. Compared with other Chinese students who may be applying to your program, I think Mr. Hui should be considered more favorably.


　　Well grounded in the theories of economics and the methodologies of economic research, and proficient in English, Mr. Hui should make an outstanding student in graduate studies. I have not seen many Chinese students who are so intent on achieving an academic career in economics. If you accept him, you will find that his drive and sense of purpose very contagious among the students. In view of all that I know of him, I strongly recommend him. If you want to know more about him, please don't hesitate to contact with me.

Sincerely,　
Ming Jiaoshou
Professor of Economics
Head of Department of International Finance
Associate Dean, School of Economics, Beijing University
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Dear Sir or Madam:

　　As the Chair of the Department of International Finance, I'm pleased to recommend Mr. Hui, my favorite student, to your esteemed university.


　　I got to know him in my class of Special Topics on International Finance last term. He has great interest in Economics and thirst for knowledge about it. He studied in my class conscientiously and often talked with me about the questions that he met in reading and study. Once, we talked about the design of the tax system. He said that since people always wanted to evade tax, the increasing cost that caused by it was an important problem. I talked with him several methods of how to account the cost caused by evading the tax and found that he was very skilled in using diagrammatic curve and mathematics. Finally, he said that the reaction of government to the action of evading tax of people would affect the behavior of people and the cost of levying taxes. He said maybe the solution of the problem would exert the Game Theory. I encouraged him this idea. He said he didn't know much about Game Theory and borrowed me some essays about it written by Nash. Mr. Hui always studied with this serious attitude and often pointed out some creative ideas. His study is to improve his knowledge about Economics, not for the exam. This is his distinction from others and I appreciate him for it. In the end of last term, he got a high score of 90 in the exam. But most of the exams are dogmatic, so he hasn't got the same high scores in them.


　　He often talks with me about his ideal to be an economist. So I often do some special instructions to him and lend many books about economics to him. He spends a lot of time on them and seldom prepare for the exams. Though his keeps average score top 25% in his class. I think he is very clever. When I was well aquatinted with him, he often do some favor to me. Because his English is good, I often let him help me to translate some English essays when I am busy. He always does well. His oral English is good too, so I think he will be more competitive than other Chinese students to apply to your university.


　　He has a strong ability to organize people and is ready to help people. His classmates all like him and elected him as the person responsible for sports activities. He organized his classmates to take part in the sports meeting of Peking University every year. He also organized some basketball and football games that were took part in by boys and girls both in the Department of International Finance. It made his classmates a rich life in the University.


　　Mr. Hui is a very active student and he always keeps high spirit. I think he has enough things in him to go to America to study Economics with his perfect theory base, hardworking habit and fluent English. I hope you will accept him. If you want to know more information about him, don't hesitate to contact with me.

Sincerely,
Ming Jiaoshou
Professor of Economics
Associate Dean, School of Economics, Beijing University
Chair, Department of International Finance