How-to guides for China company checks
Step-by-step articles for confirming legal identity, reading registration fields, and deciding when a supplier needs deeper review.
Practical how-to articles
Read the matching workflow first, then continue into a company check when you are ready to verify a supplier record.
Check a Chinese Supplier’s CCC Certificate
Check a Chinese supplier’s CCC certificate against the ordered model, production site and current record, including the transition from self-declarations.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Supplier’s BSCI Audit
Check a Chinese supplier’s BSCI audit report, match the actual production site, and review ratings, findings and follow-ups before accepting onboarding documents.
Read articleVerify a Chinese VAT Invoice (Fapiao)
Check a Chinese VAT invoice through the official platform, choose the right number and amount fields, and understand a no-record result before accepting supplier paperwork.
Read articleChinese Company Inspection Records
Read a Chinese company's public inspection record by its authority, scope, date and result without mistaking one entry for a full factory or compliance audit.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Company's Customs Registration
Find a Chinese company's customs filing, read its recorded role, and understand why registration does not prove the exporter for a particular shipment.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Company's Bankruptcy Records
Find Chinese company bankruptcy records, identify the debtor, understand court decisions, and know what to confirm before an order or payment.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Company's Directors
Learn how to read a Chinese company's directors and senior management, reconcile a supplier contact, and separate a formal role from contract authority.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Company's Equity Pledges
Read the parties, registered amount, dates, and lifecycle of a Chinese company equity pledge record without mistaking the entry for proof of debt or default.
Read articleCheck If a Chinese Company Is Blacklisted
Identify which official Chinese list produced a blacklist result, verify the exact company, read the event status, and choose a proportionate buyer response.
Read articleVerify a Chinese Freight Forwarder
Trace the company, booking, bill of lading, beneficiary, and cargo-release chain before paying or handing goods to a China-based freight forwarder.
Read articleReview Chinese Company Administrative Penalties
Match a Chinese company penalty to the correct entity, conduct, time period, and purchase order before deciding whether it changes supplier approval.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Factory's Environmental Record
Match a Chinese factory to its pollution permit or registration, then read execution, monitoring, and enforcement evidence before supplier approval.
Read articleReview a Chinese Company's Change History
Build a dated Chinese company change timeline, connect it to transaction records, and decide what evidence is needed before contract or payment.
Read articleVerify a Chinese Certificate of Origin
Authenticate a China-issued certificate of origin, match it to the shipment, and test the origin claim before requesting preferential treatment.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Supplier's Brand Authorization
Trace the trademark owner, licensees, manufacturer, seller, and exporter before relying on a supplier's authorization letter for branded goods.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Supplier's Product Recalls
Search Chinese and destination-market recall databases, match notices to the exact product, and determine whether the record connects to your current supplier.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Supplier's Product Test Report
Verify a supplier test report through its issuer, laboratory scope, tested sample, methods, results, and match to the product configuration being ordered.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Supplier's ISO 9001 Certificate
Match a Chinese supplier's ISO 9001 certificate to its legal entity, covered site, scope, current status, issuer, and accreditation before relying on it.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Company Chop
Review a Chinese company chop through entity identity, signatory authority, document integrity, and electronic-signature evidence before relying on a contract.
Read articleVerify a Chinese Company Before Payment
Use three payment gates to confirm the Chinese legal entity, current registration status, and bank beneficiary relationship before releasing supplier funds.
Read articleRead a Chinese Business License
Identify the license file type, transcribe each Chinese registration field, and compare the document with a current company record without overstating what it proves.
Read articleValidate a Chinese USCC: Format and Checksum
Validate a Chinese Unified Social Credit Code by checking its allowed characters, five-part structure, MOD 31-3 checksum, and matched company record.
Read articleHow to Verify an Alibaba Supplier Before Payment
Verify the company behind an Alibaba storefront by separating profile badges, third-party assessment reports, Chinese registry identity, and Trade Assurance order terms.
Read articleFactory or Trading Company?
Determine whether a Chinese supplier is a direct manufacturer, export affiliate, or trading company by mapping legal identity, site, people, export, invoice, and payment evidence.
Read articleCheck Chinese Court and Enforcement Records
Use the correct Chinese court databases, match records to the legal entity, and preserve case numbers, courts, dates, filters, and database limitations.
Read articleReview a Chinese Company's Business Scope
Read a Chinese company's current business scope line by line, preserve the original terms, check change dates and permits, and compare the registered activities with the proposed transaction.
Read articleVerify a Supplier Before Contracting
Verify the Chinese contract party, signing authority, operating roles, product annexes, change controls, and dispute framework before executing a supplier agreement.
Read articleChina Supplier Due Diligence
Build a risk-based China supplier due-diligence system from initial screening through samples, contracting, production, payment, shipment, and repeat orders.
Read articleUse a Company Report for Approval
Turn a dated China company report into a concise supplier approval memo with transaction scope, findings, conditions, owners, and a clear release decision.
Read articleVerify a Chinese Manufacturer
A product-specific method to verify a Chinese factory's site, equipment, people, process, quality records, capacity, subcontractors, and sample-to-batch control.
Read articleCheck a Supplier's Bank Beneficiary
A finance workflow for matching a Chinese supplier's contract party, invoice issuer, ultimate bank beneficiary, account evidence, and receiving jurisdiction before payment.
Read articleCheck a Chinese Company's Registered Address
A practical address investigation that preserves the Chinese registry string, normalizes each location component, and separates map, delivery, occupancy, and factory evidence.
Read articleVerify a Chinese Export Trading Company
A route-based review of a Chinese trader's legal identity, customs-facing evidence, seller, invoice, beneficiary, factories, declaration party, and product-document chain.
Read articleAssess Supplier Litigation Before a PO
A purchase-order decision method that groups related Chinese court records, reads seven case facts, and compares them with deposit, tooling, delay, and continuity exposure.
Read articleRead a Chinese Company Annual Report
A two-year comparison method for separating filing-time and year-end fields, tracing changes in contact, ownership, contribution, workforce, and financial disclosures, and requesting the right supporting evidence.
Read articleVerify a Supplier Before Tooling Payment
A payment-gate method that links the legal counterparty, tool specification, physical ID, trial evidence, custody, technical package, ownership, and transfer plan before funds are released.
Read articleChoose the Right Chinese Company Record
A role-specific candidate elimination method that uses the full Chinese legal name, USCC, location, licence fields, and transaction clues without merging related or similar companies.
Read articleFind a Chinese Company from an English Name
A clue-ladder workflow for turning an English supplier name into evidence-backed Chinese entity candidates through documents, websites, ICP filings, domains, locations, products, and exact legal identifiers.
Read articleBuild a Supplier Approval File
A practical supplier approval file structure for preserving legal identity, evidence sources, query dates, entity relationships, open issues, signed decisions, access controls, and refresh triggers.
Read articleHow to Use ChinaValidate Company Search
A tested walkthrough of ChinaValidate search inputs, candidate matching, profile access, evidence retention, and the decisions the tool cannot make for a buyer.
Read articleAsk a Chinese Supplier for Its Business License
Natural English and Chinese request wording, acceptable paper and electronic formats, a fast intake check, and a refusal ladder for supplier onboarding.
Read articleUse a USCC Validator
A four-gate method for using a USCC format tool, stricter company search, legal-entity match, and payment-file comparison without overstating a green result.
Read articleTranslate a Chinese Company Name
A practical method for keeping the legal Chinese name, supplier English name, analyst translation, pinyin, and internal alias separate in a vendor record.
Read articleUnified Social Credit Code Guide
Understand how China's 18-character Unified Social Credit Code identifies an organization, where to find it, how to record it, and how to resolve conflicting copies.
Read articleHow to Verify a Chinese Company
Build a defensible Chinese company verification file by matching registered identity, operating claims, public records, transaction parties, and proportionate follow-up evidence.
Read articleStart checking Chinese companies now
Enter the Chinese legal name or USCC, then confirm the matching company. If you only have an English name, use the search page to narrow down the candidates.