Dear Sir or Madam,

At the request of Mr. Muller Zhang, I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation in support of his
application for admission to graduate study at your university. I am a senior professor specialized in the field
of criminology for over 30 years, and have once pursued advanced studies in the University of Leicester in
Great Britain. As the dean of the Department of Public Security at the University of Public Security, I have a
close understanding of Mr. Zhang's academic capability.

It was at the period of freshmen's military training that Mr. Muller Zhang first drew my attention. For all the
arduous and exhausting military training, he continued to self-study at his spare time after conscientiously
completing all the assigned training tasks. What strongly impressed me and was generally acknowledged to
all the other teachers in our department was his intense craving for knowledge, the extraordinary diligence
and perseverance demonstrated all through his four-year college life in his studies, and his outstanding
academic performance. When he was a junior, I delivered the course of Studies of Accident Prevention to
him and his class, which gained me a better and an all-round understanding of him. Mr. Zhang has a
powerful ability of self-study, which enabled him to grasp what I taught within a short time, and put forward
his own viewpoints after he consulted and finished reading a vast literature written in English with good
combination of domestic research findings. Thus, he has enlarged his scope of knowledge and improved his
ability to analyze and solve practical problems to a greater extent. He could always come up with novel
ideas which were greatly appreciated and highly commended. Mr. Zhang is exceedingly interested in
criminology, spending most of his spare time studying the specialized books in the library. Moreover, his
proficient English was of great help for him to self-study those books in the original related to his
professional knowledge. His industry finally brought about a series of honors to him, consecutively receiving
scholarships of first and second prizes. One point deserves merit is that Mr. Muller Zhang has exhibited an
overwhelming ability of organization, marvelous leadership, a keen teamwork spirit and an excellent and
harmonious relationship with people around him.

The idea of pursuing advanced studies abroad sprung up to him at his third academic year. He had
discussed the matter with me to seek for my advice. As far as he is concerned, China's present research
studies in the field of criminology still have some defects. Thus it is important and necessary that he pursue
further studies abroad so as to broaden his horizon and enlarge his scope of knowledge. He is yearning for
his pursuing his graduate studies in the specialty of crime, deviance and control at the London School of
Economics and Political School (LSE). My full support of him, in a way, has helped him to confirm his
decision and redouble his continuous efforts to make his dreams a reality. Mr. Zhang distinguished himself
from his classmates in his English studies. His success in passing the CET-4 and CET-6 as a sophomore
student didn't lessen his enthusiasm for English studies, instead he still kept at it each day. I think his good
command of English in the four fundamental skills will greatly facilitate his studies in your university.
Recently he has got a fairly high mark of 643 in the TOEFL examination, which cannot be separated from
his industriousness.

I greatly encourage him to pursue his own dreams, and firmly believe that he is bound to achieve
remarkable success and realize the true value of his life in his future academic studies and researches. I
have full confidence in that he will surely acquit himself splendidly and make his own contributions in this
field with his meticulous attitude in scientific studies and his persevering and enterprising spirit. Thus, I am
enthusiastic to offer myself as his referee. Your favorable consideration of his application will be most
appreciated. Should you have questions, please feel free to contact me.

Yours sincerely,