Party pledges greater transparency

BEIJING - The first spokesman of the low-profile Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee made his debut on Monday, promising to increase transparency in Party affairs in the future.

Deng Shengming, the department's secretary general, made his first public appearance at a press conference held at the department's building in central Beijing.

"The role of a spokesman is fairly unfamiliar to me, so I hope you will kindly spare me some help and understanding," Deng said at the beginning of the press conference.