About to pay a Chinese supplier? Check who receives the money first.

What we check before you pay

Two questions, ten lines of record. First: is the entity real and in good standing — registered name, USCC and legal representative matched against the registry; administrative licences; production certificates in its own name; general VAT taxpayer status (the status a company needs to invoice and claim export rebates itself); how it fared when regulators inspected. Second: what does the court record already say — dishonest-debtor listings, active enforcement, penalties and abnormal-operation flags, enforcement cases a court terminated because no recoverable assets were found, high-consumption restriction orders on the company or its legal representative, and bankruptcy or restructuring filings.

The classic pre-payment trap is an entity chain that quietly forks: the company you vetted, the company on the contract, the company on the invoice and the bank beneficiary can be four different names — how to compare them is a free guide. This check gives you the registry side of that comparison for the entity you name.

What this cannot show

• A matching identity does not mean the company is active, solvent or able to export — status, scope and the court record are separate lines, which is why this check bundles them.
• A clean record is not payment safety — this line records disputes that already reached a court, and a first default has not reached one yet. A clean sheet lowers risk; it does not eliminate it.
• It reads records about the entity you name. If the beneficiary on the payment instruction is a different company, that company needs its own check — a mismatch is exactly the thing to resolve before paying, not after.
• It is not an escrow and does not touch your payment. We never receive, hold or forward buyer funds.

How it runs — no account, one private case

• 1. Build. Your situation pre-selects the relevant checks; adjust anything, the price recalculates from the published menu.
• 2. Order. Email is optional — it is a delivery channel, not an account. Skip it and your private case link is the only way back; that is stated before you confirm, not after.
• 3. Track. One private link shows status, payment and — within 72 hours of payment confirmation — the report, or the affected lines are refunded in full.
• 4. Read. Every line separates three layers: the record itself (source-named and dated), why the line is worth reading, and what the check cannot show. See a full specimen report.

Questions buyers ask

What should I check before paying a Chinese supplier?

Three things, in order: that the registered entity behind the name is real and in good standing; that the court and enforcement record does not already tell a story; and that the contract seller, invoice issuer and bank beneficiary are the same entity you checked. The first two are registry reads this check performs; the third is a comparison only you can make, because only you hold the payment instruction.

The supplier's bank account is under a different company name. Is that fraud?

Not automatically — affiliated export entities are common in China trade, and a third-party exporter of record can be legitimate. But it is exactly the situation to resolve before money moves: check the beneficiary entity itself, ask for the relationship in writing, and treat an explanation that cannot be documented as the answer.

How fast is the check, and what do I get?

Delivery is due within 72 hours of payment confirmation, through a private case link — no account needed. Every line names its source and query date, states what the record shows, why it matters, and what it cannot show. Lines we cannot deliver are refunded in full.

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This page describes registry-record checks. They are not a legal opinion, a credit rating, a factory audit or a supplier recommendation — and every delivered line says what it cannot show, next to what it can.