Quotable

"I am fully prepared to hear some complaints, even condemning voices."

Yao Zhiwen, deputy head of the organization department of the Zhejiang provincial committee of the Communist Party of China, saying on Wednesday before he talked with netizens on t.sohu.com, one of China's major micro-blogging sites.

Yao answered questions and registered complaints and suggestions from Internet users during the two-hour dialogue. He said he believes the talk got him closer to the "real voices" from the public and grassroots government employees.