Follow this workflow to move from a supplier name to a selected company profile and a report decision.
Work through the steps in order when you need to confirm a Chinese supplier before payment, contracting, or onboarding.
Use the Chinese legal name or the 18-digit Unified Social Credit Code whenever possible. If you only have a short name, begin with fuzzy search and compare the candidates carefully.
Review each candidate before opening the profile. Similar names, local branches, and affiliated entities can appear in the same search result set.
Use a detail credit only after the candidate looks relevant. The profile should help you confirm the legal identity before deciding whether deeper evidence is needed.
Check the registry record against invoices, contracts, pro forma documents, bank details, export papers, and onboarding forms.
Use a full report when the transaction amount, document inconsistency, approval policy, or supplier risk level requires more evidence.
Use these checks when a supplier record is not straightforward.
The registered Chinese legal name and USCC are the strongest identity fields. English trading names should be treated as supporting context.
You can review the fuzzy candidate list before spending a detail credit. Credits are used when you open a specific company profile.
Compare province, registration status, representative, and document evidence before selecting the entity. Do not rely on a partial name match alone.
Search first, review matching entities, then open the company profile that matches your supplier record.
