Registration status, 18-digit USCC, business scope, shareholders and contributions where published, abnormal-operation listings and administrative penalties.
Remote verification · Target turnaround: 4–12 business hours
Supplier Verification in China
A government-record-led identity, legal-risk and payment-beneficiary check before you send a deposit. We reconcile the supplier's licence, quotation and payment instructions against authoritative Chinese records—and show you what remains impossible to prove without entering the factory.
Official registry sourcesGSXTNational Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System Judgments & EnforcementChina Judgments Online and China Enforcement Information State Taxation AdministrationTax-credit and serious tax-violation records SAMR / Local AMRMarket-regulation authorities CNIPAChina National Intellectual Property Administration
Government records—not a Google search.
Published judgments, enforcement cases and dishonest-debtor signals, subject to record availability and reliable identity matching.
Publicly available tax-credit and violation records. Disclosure depth varies by province and taxpayer authorization.
Licence records, operating-status changes, abnormal-operation notices and published administrative penalties.
Trademark and patent ownership or legal-status checks for the entity named in your quotation or contract.
Evidence boundary: Chinese public databases can be delayed, access-limited or incomplete. Every memo identifies the source, search date and availability. “No public record found” is never presented as proof that no risk exists.
Desktop check vs. physical reality
What this check cannot prove
Official records can expose a false identity, legal risk or payment mismatch. They cannot confirm active workers, installed machinery, current raw materials, genuine output or undisclosed subcontracting. When physical capacity matters, combine this screen with an engineered on-site factory audit in China.
Working method
Clear checkpoints from brief to decision.
We agree what success looks like before starting. Findings are separated into facts, risks and recommended actions so your team can move quickly.
- 01
Collect the supplier link, Chinese legal name, 18-digit USCC, business licence, proforma invoice and proposed beneficiary.
- 02
Cross-check the legal entity across official government registries and reconcile names, addresses, shareholders and declared business scope.
- 03
Review available capital, litigation, enforcement, tax-credit, penalty and intellectual-property records, recording source and search date.
- 04
Classify each finding as confirmed, inconsistent, unavailable or requiring supplier evidence—then issue a pay, hold, escalate or audit recommendation.
Scope of work01 02 03 04 05
What you receive.
Entity legitimacy & business scope
Confirm that the party asking for payment is a live Chinese legal entity—not merely a storefront, borrowed licence or translated trading name.
- 18-digit Unified Social Credit Code and operating status
- Registered address, legal representative and abnormal-operation status
- Manufacturing / processing scope versus wholesale-only or consulting scope
Paid-in vs. subscribed capital
Separate headline registered capital from the amount actually contributed. A large subscribed figure is not proof of cash, machinery or loss-absorbing capacity.
- Subscribed-capital structure and shareholder commitments
- Paid-in contribution evidence where publicly available
- Request list for supplier-provided audit or contribution records when public data is insufficient
Litigation & debtor screening
Search the company and, where lawful public records permit reliable matching, connected principals for contract, enforcement and default signals.
- Published sales-contract and delivery-dispute records
- Enforcement and dishonest-debtor indicators
- Name-match limitations, unresolved identities and material case summaries
State tax-credit signals
Review available A/B/M/C/D tax-credit or serious tax-violation signals. Availability differs by locality; missing public data is reported as unavailable, never assumed clean.
- Published tax-credit result where accessible
- Serious tax-violation and related enforcement signals
- High-risk escalation for D-grade or material non-compliance findings
Beneficiary & bank-account consistency
Reconcile the proforma invoice, contract, licence and beneficiary before funds move. Offshore collection can be legitimate—but only when the relationship is documented.
- Exact-name comparison across PI, contract and licence
- Personal, unrelated offshore or last-minute account-change flags
- Required authorization or ownership evidence for affiliated collection entities
Platform claims vs. legal reality
What you see is not always who receives your money.
These are illustrative red-flag patterns. A badge or mismatch triggers verification; it does not, by itself, prove fraud.
| What you see on a B2B platform or chat | What official records may reveal |
|---|---|
| “8-year Gold Supplier” badge | The current legal entity was registered four months ago, suggesting the storefront or account may have changed hands. |
| “We own a 20,000 m² modern facility” | The registered address is a residential suite and the recorded scope covers trading and consulting—not manufacturing. |
| Signed PI with bank details | The beneficiary is an unrelated Hong Kong company or personal account with no documented authorization from the contracted entity. |
| “Zero quality or delivery disputes” | Published judgments show repeated buyer claims involving contract breach, delivery default or unpaid liabilities. |
| Responsive, professional WeChat representative | The matched legal representative appears in published enforcement records or dishonest-debtor restrictions. |
De-identified decision examples
Red flags intercepted before deposit.
CASE 01 · PAYMENT IDENTITYHOLD / HIGH RISK
Factory licence, unrelated offshore beneficiary
A Ningbo hardware factory licence was supplied, but the PI directed payment to a Hong Kong trading company incorporated two months earlier. No common ownership or written collection authorization could be established.
Decision logic
Hold the proposed 30% deposit—$12,000 in this example—until the factory reissues a stamped contract and provides a corporate account or documentary proof of the collection relationship.
CASE 02 · ENTITY TYPEWARNING / MIDDLEMAN
“50-machine factory,” two-person trading footprint
The website claimed 50 injection-moulding machines. Registry records instead showed RMB 500,000 subscribed capital, no disclosed paid-in contribution, two insured employees and a wholesale-only business scope.
Decision logic
Treat the supplier as an unverified intermediary. Use the evidence to seek an illustrative 15% price correction, disclose the real factory, or restart sourcing inside the manufacturing cluster.
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