BEIJING - Spokespersons for 11 departments of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee made an unprecedented group appearance on Wednesday to meet domestic and overseas journalists. After the opening remarks by Wang Chen, the spokespersons each took their turn to brief the reporters on their departments and efforts to increase transparency. In response to a question from US-based media CNN, asking whether many, if not most, people seek to join the Party to advance their careers instead of to demonstrate their faith in communism, Deng Shengming, the secretary general and spokesman of the CPC Central Committee's Organization Department denied there is a "faith crisis" among Party members and those who have applied to join the largest political organization in the world. Only a few applicants "may not have very correct motives for seeking Party membership," said Deng.