Michael Du | Director & Chief Financial Officer |
Andy Chang Liu | Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer |
Good evening and good morning, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for standing by for 17EdTech's Fourth Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the management prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. I will now turn the meeting over to your host for today's call, Mr. Michael Du, CFO of 17EdTech. Michael. proceed Please
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