1688.com is Alibaba. In 1999, Jack Ma founded the Alibaba website, which is the predecessor of 1688. 1688 is now the flagship business of Alibaba Group and is China's leading domestic trade e-commerce platform for small enterprises. As a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, 1688 represents the interests of enterprises in the CBBS e-commerce system, provides business opportunity information and convenient and secure online transactions to tens of millions of buyers and suppliers around the world, and is also a community for businessmen to make friends and interact with each other in real life. 1688 focuses on wholesale and procurement business, and through professional operations, improves customer experience and comprehensively optimizes the business model of corporate e-commerce. At present, 1688 has covered 16 major industry categories such as raw materials, industrial products, clothing and accessories, home furnishings, small commodities, etc., and provides a series of supply services from raw material procurement-production and processing-spot wholesale.