Dear Mr. Michael,I was very happy to learn that you have been elected President of the Scotland-China Association and I would like,on behalf of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and in my own name,to express to you our warmest congratulations.

尊敬的迈克尔先生：得知您当选苏格兰-中国协会主席，我非常高兴。在此，谨代表中国人民对外友好协会并以我个人的名义，向您表达最衷心的祝贺！

I hope that during your tenure of office the relations of friendship and cooperation that already exist between our two organizations will be further developed.

我希望在您任职期间，我们两个机构之间业已存在的友谊与合作关系会得到进一步的发展。

Let us join our efforts to make greater contributions to the promotion of mutual understanding and friendship between the People's of China and Scotland.

让我们齐心协力，为推进中国和苏格兰两国人民之间的相互理解和友谊作出更大的贡献。

Yours sincerely, Li Ming

您真诚的，李明