Pinduoduo's rapid growth has been powered by cheap group-buying deals, among which agricultural products have been a central plank of the strategy.

The central plank of that strategy is the inauguration of the Consinee Shanghai Center, located near the Hongqiao Railway Station, arguably Asia's largest transportation hub.

One central plank of the upgrade includes enlisting flash sale and group-buying arm Juhuasuan as one of the three marketing pillars for brands.

To ensure the supply of resources is one key task for China's steel industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), and domestic iron ores form a key plank of the national strategy, a China Iron and Steel Association report said.

Local governments across China are taking the marketing platform seriously, with livestreaming becoming a central plank, driving massive consumption campaigns to reinvigorate consumption following the COVID blow.

Local governments are taking the marketing platform seriously, with livestreaming becoming a central plank driving a massive consumption campaign, dubbed "May 5 Shopping Festival", in Shanghai.

The emphasis on industrial internet platforms, digitalization of enterprises and industrial artificial intelligence, represents the central plank of Tencent Cloud, the company's cloud computing unit.

Meeting strategy's needsYu Aizhi, a professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics and director of the university's Center for Rural Economic Development, said the merger was partly prompted by the need to invigorate rural industries, a central plank of the rural vitalization strategy.