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ization on the traditional Chinese landscape. I believe one of most important missions of landscape architect is to recover our cultural identity. Only if this way can we make people’s existence meaningful and rebuild the spiritual connection to our land and to the world beyond the earthly one. Given my professional and research experience I am now eager to start my research with a bination of landscape architecture and urban design. Prof. James Westcoat’s established research on the waterfronts and cultural landscape are inspiring to my own research. And as an expert of urban landscape in developing countries, he could surely provide the guidance I need. The courses offered by other professors provide the exact academic environment that supports my interdisciplinary inquiry into landscape architecture and urban design and helps me to push my intellectual limits as a student of Chinese landscape architect. Further, as the forefront of landscape architecture theories, UIUC gives its students great advantages in their scholastic enterprises. I am confident I can make great contribution to your esteemed program.