ADDRESS SIGNAL / 01
Do not collapse a legal record and a production claim into one answer.
This note is for a buyer asking whether a supplier’s registered address is the same as the factory location presented in a quotation, video tour or marketplace profile. It does not investigate a specific company or site.
Keep the two address questions separate
The registered address is a formal market-entity field. China’s market-entity registration regulation lists a residence or principal place of business among general registration matters, and the implementation rules require the business licence to show the relevant address field.
The claimed factory site is different: it is a supplier statement about where relevant production may happen. A registered address by itself does not prove that the company owns, controls or is currently using the claimed factory site. It also does not prove that the order will be made there.
An address difference does not prove fraud. An address match does not prove factory capability. Preserve the two facts, the source and the query date before asking for an explanation.
Record the official registered address first
Use the supplier’s exact Chinese legal name or Unified Social Credit Code in the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System. Record the displayed address exactly, along with the legal name, unified code, query date and the source URL.
The official system says it provides market-entity information search and that public information can come from market-regulation authorities, other government departments and market entities. Preserve what was displayed instead of treating a forwarded screenshot as a timeless record.
Follow the official China company-registration search steps →
Ask the supplier to bind the production claim to a named site
Request the claimed site’s full Chinese address, the relationship between that site and the contracting company, the relevant processes and whether any step is outsourced. Keep the reply, date and contact channel with the registered-record snapshot.
Do not fill a gap by guessing. The supplier may need to document a branch, affiliate, lease, subcontractor or another relationship; the buyer still needs to decide whether the explanation and evidence fit the product and order risk.
Use the five-layer manufacturing-capability checklist for site, process and order evidence →
NEXT EVIDENCE / 02
Turn the difference into a controlled next step
| What you have | What it can support | What it cannot close |
|---|---|---|
| Current official registered-address record | The registered entity and displayed address at the query date | Actual production location, site control or order performance |
| Supplier’s named-site explanation | A stated relationship and a focused list of questions to test | Independent proof that the relationship or production claim is true |
| Dated walkthrough or site evidence | Selected observations at a stated time and location | Continuous capacity, final-batch conformity or complete site control |
| Scoped independent assessment | Observations against buyer-defined criteria, date and scope | A permanently safe supplier or a risk-free transaction |
Start with the address question, then move outward only as the order requires. Read the related registered-scope signal →
Method and limitations
Currawong Web reviewed the official sources below on 2 August 2026. They support the narrow claims that the address is a registration and business-licence field, and that the official system displays searchable public market-entity information. The sources do not identify a reader’s factory or validate any particular supplier explanation.
We did not inspect any reader’s supplier, factory, product or transaction. This is general research guidance, not legal advice, a factory audit, product-compliance advice or a guarantee of supplier performance. Live records and site conditions can change.
PRIMARY SOURCES / 03
Official sources used for this note
Links and page content were checked on 2 August 2026. Re-open the live official record for the entity and date you are assessing.
- National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity SystemOfficial market-entity search by Chinese name, Unified Social Credit Code or registration number.
- GSXT — Official system helpOfficial description of search functions and the sources responsible for displayed public information.
- SAMR — Regulation on market-entity registrationResidence or principal place of business as a general registration matter, and the one-address registration rule.
- SAMR — Detailed rules for market-entity registrationAddress fields by entity type and the business-licence information requirements.