The Press Center of the 18th CPC National Congress will hold the first press conference at 15:00 Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at the Media Center in Beijing. Vice Minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee Wang Jingqing will give a briefing on Party building and answer questions from journalists.

It will also hold a collective interview at the Multi-functional Hall on the 2nd floor of the Media Center. The collective interview, whose theme is "theoretical innovation of the CPC", is to be held from 20:00 to 21:00 Friday, Nov 9, 2012.

Deputy president of the Central Party School Li Jingtian and deputy secretary of the CPC Party Committee and deputy president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Wang Weiguang will give interviews to journalists.