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One-off service

Check a Chinese supplier, business licence and all, within 48 hours

Who the company really is: business licence, capital, permitted scope, export rights.

€79Excluding tax

per supplier

Launch pricing until December 31, 2026Lead timeWithin 48 h
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Every company operating legally in China holds a business licence carrying its legal name, its capital, what it is allowed to make and its status today.

  • That document can be checked against the public registers, in Chinese.
  • We do it before you wire a deposit.
What you receive
  • A written report, with a copy of the business licence.
  • The exact Chinese legal name and the unified registration number.
  • Registered capital, and how much of it has actually been paid in.
  • The permitted scope: what the company may legally make and sell.
  • Export rights: does it ship in its own name, or through a third party?
  • Status on the day of the report: active, flagged, struck off.
Included
  • Searches in the Chinese public registers, not a marketplace profile.
  • The English trading name matched against the registered legal name.
  • Stated address and contact checked against the registered entity.
  • Every gap between what you were told and what is on file.
  • A one-line verdict, readable before the rest of the report.
Not included
  • Litigation, penalties, tax rating and intellectual property, covered by the in-depth check.
  • A site visit: clean paperwork says nothing about the workshop.
  • Quality audits and product certification.
What you send us
  • The company name, in Chinese if you have it, otherwise in English.
  • Anything it has sent you: licence, registration number, business card.
  • The product concerned, to test it against the permitted scope.
After payment
  1. 01
    Within the hour

    Acknowledgement and a request for anything missing.

  2. 02
    First working day

    The entity is pinned down in the registers and name clashes resolved.

  3. 03
    Within 48 hours

    Written report and licence copy, by email.

  4. 04
    After delivery

    One round of follow-up questions is included.

When it applies

  • A supplier found on a marketplace is asking you for a deposit.
  • The name on the invoice is not the factory you have been talking to.
  • You want to know whether your contact manufactures, or resells.

Who carries it out

Carried out by our Mandarin-speaking team in Guangzhou, who search the Chinese public registers directly. You receive the report in English.

Frequently asked

01What is a Chinese business licence?
The official document that gives a company legal existence in China: name, unified number, capital, scope, status. Any company in good standing can produce it.
02Can you tell a factory from a middleman?
The permitted scope is a strong signal, and we quote the exact wording we rely on. Only a site visit settles it for good.
03What if the company does not exist?
You know within 48 hours, before anything leaves your account. The report documents the missing registration or the striking off.
04Is this enough before a large order?
For a first exchange, yes. Beyond that, the in-depth check adds litigation, penalties and a written verdict.

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