[Academic writing]How to combine these two sentences?

The problem seems to be that the first sentence is a summary or thesis, and the second is instructional.
The two do not really mix well together.

So decide what you want for this sentence:
1) It is a summary or a thesis of a report.
2) It is a set of instructions for students to write an essay on the subject.

Hello, in fact i am writing an introduction of a report. I want to write a brief description about my outline. What other things i should mention in the introduction? thanks!

This would be an appropriate opening line:

"This report focuses on the comparisons between Generation Y in China and its counterpart in America. Then and suggests reasons for the similarities and differences."


In your first paragraph, you can summarize your main findings.

eg. In China, Generation Y is generally mor