Registry audit
What the Chinese state registries say about your supplier.
Before you wire a deposit, it is worth knowing whether the company is licensed to manufacture at all, whether its capital was ever paid in, and whether it is currently being sued. All of this is on the public record — in Chinese, across several systems, in a format built for lawyers.
Per company
quoted on request — turnaround 2 working days
What we check
- Legal existence and standing
- Unified social credit code, registration date, current status, and whether the licence has been revoked or the company marked as abnormal.
- Registered vs paid-in capital
- Registered capital is a number the founders chose; paid-in is what was actually contributed. Buyers routinely read the first as financial strength. It is not.
- Business scope
- The licensed scope states whether the company may manufacture, or only trade. This is the line that separates a factory from a reseller presenting as one.
- Shareholders and legal representative
- Who owns it, who signs for it, and what else those people are registered against.
- Litigation and enforcement
- Court cases, judgments, and whether the company or its legal representative appears on the published list of judgment defaulters.
- Import/export registration
- Whether the company is registered with customs to export in its own name, or must ship through an agent.
The two findings that matter most
Trading company, not a factory
The single most common surprise. The business scope says wholesale and retail; the website says manufacturer. Neither is illegal — but you are paying a margin you did not agree to, and the person you are talking to cannot change anything on the production line.
Capital that was never paid in
A company advertising ¥50m registered capital may have contributed nothing. Under Chinese company law the shareholders owe that sum, but until it is paid it is a promise, not a balance. It tells you what you can recover if the order goes wrong.
How it runs
- 1
Send the company name
Chinese name if you have it, English or a website if you do not. We will find the registration; if the company we find does not match the one you are talking to, that is itself the finding.
- 2
We pull the records
National enterprise credit system, the local AIC filing, customs registration and the judgment databases.
- 3
You get a report in English
The facts as filed, with the Chinese source text alongside, and a plain note on anything that contradicts what you were told.
Scope
What you get
- Registry data as filed, with sources cited
- Business scope translated in full, not summarised
- Litigation and enforcement records
- A note on any mismatch with the supplier’s own claims
What this is not
- A visit to the premises or any physical inspection
- An opinion on product quality or production capacity
- A credit rating or recommendation to trade
- Anything the registries do not publish — we report the record, not rumour
Check a supplier before you pay one
Send a company name and we will tell you what the registries hold, and whether it matches what you have been told.