Rather do it yourself? The method is published in full: how to verify a Chinese company’s business licence. This service is us doing it in Chinese, in an hour, and putting it in writing.
What you get
Identity confirmed
Registered Chinese name, Unified Social Credit Code, date established and registration authority — matched against whatever the supplier sent you.
Manufacturer or trader
The registered business scope read in Chinese, and what it actually permits. This is the single most useful line in the report.
Standing and flags
Live, revoked or deregistered; any abnormal-operations listing; capital registered versus actually paid in.
Control and scale
Legal representative, shareholders where published, and the insured-headcount figure that quietly separates a plant from an office.
What the report covers
It is deliberately short — usually about three pages — because a decision you have to make today is not helped by a forty-page document. Length follows the record: a company with a complicated history takes more room than a clean one. The source records are attached in full behind it either way.
| Page | What is on it |
|---|---|
| 1 · The verdict | The answer, at the top, in one paragraph: does this company legally exist, is it in good standing, and is it a manufacturer or a trader. Then the four or five things that would change your mind — flagged as verified, consistent or unverifiable. If there is a reason not to pay this company, it is in the first six lines and not on page three. |
| 2 · The record | The registry entry, field by field, in English beside the Chinese original: registered name, Unified Social Credit Code, status, date established, registration authority, legal representative, registered and paid-in capital, shareholders as published, registered address, the full business scope, insured-headcount figures from the annual reports, and any abnormal-operation listing. Each field carries a plain-English note on what it actually tells you. |
| 3 · What it means, and what we could not check | How the record squares with what the supplier told you — scope versus what they are selling, headcount versus claimed capacity, address type versus a claimed plant, entity name versus the bank account you were given. Then, explicitly, the things a registry check cannot establish, and what the sensible next step is — which is sometimes “nothing, proceed”. |
| + Appendix | The source records themselves — dated screenshots of the registry entry and the annual reports we read — so you are not taking our word for any of it and can show the file to someone else. |
Where it fits
| Situation | What to buy |
|---|---|
| Shortlist of 3–5 suppliers, need it narrowed | Registry Check on each — US$95 |
| One supplier, deposit about to move | Supplier Due Diligence — from US$180 |
| Need to see the plant before committing | Remote Video Factory Audit — from US$450 |
| A customer or auditor is asking questions | Compliance-Grade Supplier File — from US$690 |
How it works
- Send us a name. The registered Chinese name, the Unified Social Credit Code, a licence photo or a storefront link — any one is enough.
- We read the record. In Chinese, on the national registry, plus the annual reports and any abnormal-operations listing.
- You get the written read. Plain English, the fields that matter, what they mean for you, and the source records attached.
