Group 1 - The core strategy of the company involves the establishment of offline selection centers, which have been launched in 16 cities across the country, with plans for further expansion [1] - The company has set a special investment budget to support the selection centers, focusing on 177 industrial belts across 40 cities [1] - The selection centers serve as a digital hub for industrial belts, integrating resources from government, leading enterprises, platforms, and factories, and currently cover 47 core industrial belts [1] Group 2 - The company aims to leverage its vast data and technological capabilities to meet industrial demands, using the selection centers to connect online data analysis with local resources [1] - The operational strategy for the selection center project is to iterate and optimize in mature industrial areas before broader replication [1] - As of February 2025, the annual active buyer count on the 1688 platform is projected to exceed 100 million, marking a historical high for the platform and positioning it among the top in the B-class commercial platform sector [2]