Buyer decision guides
Check the company, supplier, and payment path.
Choose the question you need to answer now. Each guide ends with a practical decision boundary and the evidence that remains missing.
Company identity
Find and read the correct legal entity
Start here when you have a company name, business licence, registration number, or USCC.
How to verify a Chinese company before you pay.
A practical process for matching a Chinese legal entity, checking registration facts, and testing business claims before payment.
Read the guide 02Document guideA business licence is a starting point, not the whole answer.
Learn the fields on a Chinese business license and how to use the legal name and USCC to match the right company.
Read the guide 03Identity guideThe English brand may not be the company name.
Find the Chinese legal entity behind an English supplier name, website, invoice, Alibaba profile, or email signature.
Read the guide 04Identifier guideUSCC: the strongest everyday key for company matching.
Understand China's 18-character Unified Social Credit Code and why it is useful when matching a company.
Read the guide 05Identifier guideHow to check a Chinese company registration number.
Learn the difference between a Chinese registration number and an 18-character USCC, where to find them, and how to use them to match a company.
Read the guideSupplier and payment decisions
Resolve the risk in front of you
Use a focused guide when the issue is supplier identity, factory claims, marketplace data, or the payment path.
Verify the supplier, the company, and the payment path.
Check a Chinese supplier's legal identity, trading role, website, marketplace profile, and payment details before an order.
Read the guide 02Marketplace guideHow to verify an Alibaba supplier beyond the profile badge.
Verify the legal company behind an Alibaba supplier profile and compare its licence, contact, contract, invoice, and bank beneficiary.
Read the guide 03Supplier role guideIs the Chinese supplier a manufacturer or a trading company?
Use registration, business scope, address, certifications, and operating evidence to assess whether a Chinese supplier is a factory or trader.
Read the guide 04Payment decision guideThe supplier name and bank beneficiary do not match. Pause before paying.
What to do when a Chinese supplier, invoice issuer, and bank beneficiary do not match before a wire payment.
Read the guide 05Identity decision guideA Chinese supplier refuses to share its business licence. What should you do?
Steps to take when a Chinese supplier will not provide its business licence, Chinese legal name, or Unified Social Credit Code.
Read the guide 06Due diligence guideHow to perform due diligence on a Chinese company.
A practical Chinese company due diligence process covering legal identity, ownership, operations, legal signals, and transaction consistency.
Read the guideStart with identity
Already have a company name or USCC?
Find the registered entity before you evaluate the supplier or payment request.