As a director of tourism of the city of Baden, your efforts in reviving the thousands of years of Chinese culture touches me with special pleasure. In tourism we have a special understanding for people of other cultures and their global interrelations, which manifest themselves in our efforts of enabling world-wide freedom of free travel. Therefore I feel it as a special honor that the Chinese New Year Gala "Shen Yun Chinese Spectacular" is to be held this year for the first time in Austria, allowing the Austrians to get a deep impression of the Chinese culture of thousands of years ago. It is my pleasure to thank you for your great efforts on improving such intercultural understanding. I herewith send you the best wishes for the success of your event.