Admissions Officer, Graduate Program

Department of Economics

Columbia University

P.O. Box 5555

New York, New York 10010

Dear Sir or Madam:

Qian Li has recently completed his Master’s Degree at Fudan University. An exceptional student, he graduated with the highest honors awarded by the University. Accordingly, as both his thesis advisor and professor, I strongly recommend your accepting Qian into your Program.

Having known Qian for the past four years, I can attest to his remarkable intelligence, conscientiousness, and mental quickness. That he worked full-time for the Chinese Government’s Economic Ministry on rural development projects while attending school makes his accomplishments even more notable.

Given his strong interest in developmental economics, both he and I believe that Columbia’s Graduate Program in Economics would enable him to pursue his career goal of working for the World Bank.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,

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Yiqiang Pan

Professor, International Economics

Fudan University

Shanghai, People’s Republic of China