# Currawong > A China-side supplier verification desk for international buyers sourcing from China. Three routes: a free in-browser screen of supplier-provided wording, a menu-priced public-record report, and a scoped human check of Chinese official records, priced at $89 per entity plus $39 per record category. Every result states its sources, the date it was checked, and the limits of what it covers. What this desk does not do: it does not certify that a supplier is safe or approved, does not give legal advice, does not carry out formal factory audits or certification (on-site verification is a separately priced, scoped visit that reports what was observed), and does not replace a buyer's own commercial due diligence. It does not proxy, mirror, scrape or bypass access controls on official Chinese government portals; official lookups are performed by a person on the China side. Most content is in English, with guides in 17 other languages; the records checked are in Chinese. ## Start here - [Home](https://currawongweb.com/): the three routes side by side, and which buying decision each one fits - [Free tools for buying from China, from supplier to delivery](https://currawongweb.com/tools/): browser-side tools for each buying stage, in eight workspaces on one page: an 18-character company code check, name comparisons, a request writer, quote comparison, order and shipping reconciliation, inspection records and a receiving problem file; nothing typed is uploaded, and none of them proves a supplier is genuine - [Free supplier screen](https://currawongweb.com/factory-check/): paste a supplier's registered Chinese name and business scope for an indicative factory-or-trader reading; runs in the buyer's own browser and queries no official portal - [Scoped human check](https://currawongweb.com/verify/): turn supplier details into a structured request for a China-side researcher to read official public records; priced at $89 per entity plus $39 per record category, with the quote shown once you submit - [Menu-priced supplier report](https://currawongweb.com/supplier-report/): pick the registry lines you need and see the published USD price per line; every delivered line names its source and query date - [Australia-focused supplier checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-checklist/): the regional add-on for Australian importers — ABF import requirements, product-safety standards and biosecurity (BICON) layered onto the general supplier checks - [All buyer guides by buying stage](https://currawongweb.com/buyer-guides/): the guide map, organised by the decision in front of the buyer - [Certificate registries from China: 5 of 8 opened in 3 rounds](https://currawongweb.com/verify/verify-certificates-from-china/): eight verification registries probed over two network paths — 5 of 8 open from mainland China, UL Product iQ refuses scripted clients on every path, US government hosts refuse proxy egress - [Chinese trailer manufacturers in NHTSA vPIC: 106, then 111](https://currawongweb.com/verify/chinese-trailer-manufacturers-nhtsa/): an exhaustive count of the public vPIC database — 22,881 registrants worldwide, 2,589 from China and 106 Chinese trailer manufacturers on 9 August 2026, re-counted as 22,988, 2,633 and 111 on 6 September; full list published as CSV - [Can you find a Chinese supplier from its English name?](https://currawongweb.com/verify/find-chinese-company-by-english-name/): 106 Chinese manufacturers from the US NHTSA vPIC register searched by their registered English names — 57.5% returned a candidate, 44.3% ended in a match confirmable against the registration record, and brand names returned more while being mostly wrong - [USCI vs VIN check digits: 100% vs 92.52% of typos caught](https://currawongweb.com/verify/does-usci-check-digit-catch-typos/): 2.9 million deliberate transcription errors through the USCI and VIN check algorithms — USCI catches 100% of single errors, VIN misses 7.5%, entirely from same-value transliteration - [One search result does not confirm a China company](https://currawongweb.com/verify/does-one-search-result-confirm-a-company/): searching 106 NHTSA-registered Chinese manufacturers by registered English name — 42.5% returned nothing, 50.9% returned exactly one row; of the 84 rows returned, 11 (13.1%) carried a Hong Kong label and none of those carried an 18-character code, and 6 (7.1%) carried a deregistered label that the study did not verify was current - [One model translated, another checked](https://currawongweb.com/research/#machine-translation-review): 98 interface strings across 15 languages back-translated by a second model, which flagged 11 of them (11.2%) after they had passed four automated string checks; we edited eight and kept three with notes, and the flags do not measure the true error rate. The reviewer model read one Arabic string as asking for a work permit instead of a business licence - [Alibaba vs 1688 Chinese company names: 0 of 33 vs 59 of 59](https://currawongweb.com/verify/alibaba-vs-1688-supplier-legal-name/): subject-identity fields read from 94 supplier profiles across Alibaba.com and 1688 on 28 August 2026 — our parser marked the registered Chinese name, company principal and 18-character code absent in all 33 Alibaba.com records (it does not cover all page text), and found name and principal values on all 59 factory cards sampled on 1688; eight of those 59 had no code value the parser could match, which may be blank or in an unmatched format. Dataset archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22136065 and https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GEGFKD - [China business scope: 0 of 46 list manufacturing alone](https://currawongweb.com/verify/registered-capital-business-scope-china/): live registry records for 46 Chinese manufacturers — only 34.8% show paid-in capital matching subscribed, status is a state not a grade, and scope never separates a factory from a trader (0 of 46 mention manufacture without also mentioning trade). Dataset archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22145056 and https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WJA6UK - [Unified social credit code explained: prefixes can go stale](https://currawongweb.com/verify/unified-social-credit-code-explained/): the 18-character Unified Social Credit Code encodes registrar authority, entity type, GB/T 2260 jurisdiction and a mod-31 check digit — each segment mapped to what a foreign buyer can read cold from a code alone, per GB 32100-2015 - [Chinese company types: 41 of 46 records were LLCs](https://currawongweb.com/verify/chinese-company-types-explained/): 11 entity type strings appeared in 46 manufacturer registry records — each type classified by liability structure, export eligibility and contract counterparty risk for foreign buyers - [Original research index](https://currawongweb.com/research/): twenty dated, citable studies — including English-name lookup, the machine-translation review, the 264-name registration sample, change-velocity data and official-source availability panels, each with method and limits - [Field notes index](https://currawongweb.com/articles/): dated notes on how to read Chinese public-record signals ## Who is this company - [China company registry check: official GSXT steps](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-company-registration-check/): how to search China's official National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System by legal name or Unified Social Credit Code — and what to do when the registry will not open, with a dated connectivity test and its stated limits - [What a business licence proves, field by field](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-business-licence-how-to-read/): the six general registered items set by State Council Order No. 746, why paid-in capital is a filed item that never appears on the licence, and the four things the document cannot establish - [Do WHOIS lookups help verify a Chinese supplier?](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-supplier-whois-lookup/): Chinese registrars must verify the holder’s real identity and must not disclose it without consent, so an empty WHOIS is the designed outcome rather than a warning sign - [What a licence photo can and cannot prove](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-business-licence-image-limits/): a licence image establishes what was registered when the paper was produced; why we refuse image forensics, and the measured rate (54.9% within 12 months) at which registrations change - [Unified Social Credit Code vs the English sales name](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-supplier-legal-name-chain/): an English sales name, a Chinese legal entity and an 18-character Unified Social Credit Code are three separate records; how to build a dated identity chain across all three - [Legal representative vs contract signatory](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-supplier-legal-representative-contract-signatory/): the person named in the company record and the person signing your deal are separate evidence questions - [Registered address vs factory site](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-supplier-registered-address-vs-factory-site/): why a registered address is not a claim about where your goods are made, and how to compare them without turning a mismatch into a fraud verdict - [Reading company change records](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-supplier-change-records/): a registered change is a dated fact, not a supplier verdict - [Annual reports, abnormal lists and penalties](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-company-public-record-signals/): three public-record signals, what each can support, and what none of them prove - [Trading company or manufacturer](https://currawongweb.com/articles/trading-company-or-manufacturer/): the question every sourcing guide has to answer, answered from the registry side — scope wording, name anatomy, and where records stop - [The import-export scope line](https://currawongweb.com/articles/import-export-scope-line/): why 货物进出口 stands alone in a Chinese business scope, the December 2022 abolition of foreign-trade operator filing, and how to read the line today - [Registration status meanings](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-company-status-meanings/): 存续, 在业, 吊销, 注销 — what each registration state means for a buyer, and why revoked-but-not-deregistered is the trap state - [Registered capital](https://currawongweb.com/articles/china-registered-capital/): subscribed is not banked; the 2024 Company Law five-year pay-in rule and why capital reductions before mid-2027 are routine, not distress - [Business scope as the first free signal](https://currawongweb.com/articles/scope-first-signal/): what the registered 经营范围 line can and cannot show about factory versus trading role ## Can they actually make it - [China factory audit checklist for supplier capability](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-factory-capability-check/): separating an audit's scope, the observed evidence and the buyer's approval decision - [What a buyer-ready factory profile must prove](https://currawongweb.com/articles/factory-profile-evidence-standard/): the evidence standard a factory profile has to meet before a buyer relies on it ## Certificates and product compliance - [Verify supplier certificates and test reports](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-certificate-check/): checking document validity separately from whether it fits your order - [Verify a CE declaration of conformity](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-ce-declaration-check/): who must sign it, the assessment route, notified body and laboratory claims, then matching the report to your product - [Product specification checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-product-specification-checklist/): defining the specification before quoting, sampling and change control - [Product data checklist for tariff classification](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-product-classification-data-checklist/): the data a buyer needs from a supplier to classify goods, and who owns the classification decision ## Controlling the order - [Quotation comparison checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-quotation-comparison-checklist/): putting competing quotes on the same seller, revision, quantity, delivery rule and payment assumptions before choosing - [Purchase order checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-purchase-order-checklist/): turning supplier evidence into a controlled production baseline - [Sample approval checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-sample-approval-checklist/): converting an approved sample version into a controlled production reference - [Change notification and revision control checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-change-notification-revision-control-checklist/): recording, reviewing and approving supplier-side changes before affected work continues - [Quality control plan checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-quality-control-plan-checklist/): linking requirements, inspection points, non-conformities and buyer release into one controlled record ## Inspection, shipping and closing out - [During-production inspection checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-during-production-inspection-checklist/): what to check while the order is still being made - [Pre-shipment inspection checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-pre-shipment-inspection-checklist/): planning the inspection before goods leave - [Corrective action request checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-corrective-action-request-checklist/): closing a non-conformity into a verified closure or a reopened decision - [Shipping terms and documents checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-shipping-terms-documents-checklist/): matching the agreed delivery rule to the documents actually issued - [Commercial invoice and packing list checklist](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-commercial-invoice-packing-list-checklist/): keeping trade documents consistent with the order and the goods ## Payment and overall due diligence - [Is Alibaba safe to order from](https://currawongweb.com/verify/is-alibaba-safe/): the four things that decide how an order ends, none of them a badge or rating - [Is DHgate legit](https://currawongweb.com/verify/is-dhgate-legit/): the platform question and the seller question, and why only the first has a general answer - [Alibaba scams](https://currawongweb.com/verify/alibaba-scams/): the six mechanical patterns behind most losses, the registry-side read that defeats each one, and the order of operations if you were already scammed - [Verification cost compared](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-verification-cost/): what China supplier verification costs across four routes, with providers’ public prices checked on a stated date — including the rows where our own desk is not the cheapest - [Verification methods compared](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-verification-compared/): the four tiers buyers actually climb — free DIY checks, low-cost online verification, US$69–199 desk reports, on-site audits priced per visit or man-day — what each answers and what it never will, with named providers’ public pages checked on a stated date - [Payment party consistency checker](https://currawongweb.com/verify/payment-party-consistency-checker/): browser-side comparison of the contract seller, invoice issuer and bank beneficiary names before payment — match, partial or mismatch with the exact differing words; nothing is uploaded, and a mismatch is a hold signal, not a fraud verdict - [GSXT blocked outside China? 11 of 12 overseas nodes got 403](https://currawongweb.com/verify/is-gsxt-blocked-outside-china/): dated observations of whether GSXT serves, with the control hosts, the stated limits, and a conclusion we withdrew - [CPSC recall supplier names: 167 of 310 had no registry match](https://currawongweb.com/verify/cpsc-recall-chinese-supplier-names/): a dated lookup of every Chinese company name printed on 1,159 US CPSC recall notices, 2024 to 2026 — 53.9% returned nothing, only 29.4% resolved to a single registered company - [China manufacturer export scope: absent in 67 of 264 records](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-manufacturer-export-scope/): a dated reading of 264 names saved from a manufacturer list whose provincial attribution is not yet verified — 25.4% carry no import-export wording in their registered scope, over half have former legal names, 37% show paid-in below subscribed capital - [Eight Chinese official sources: three open from overseas](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-official-sources-from-overseas/): a one-page checklist of what each of the eight official sources answers, with its status from inside mainland China and from 12 public overseas measurement nodes per source - [Do China's official verification sites open? 5 of 8: no 200](https://currawongweb.com/verify/do-chinese-official-verification-sites-open/): three-round availability measurements of eight official hosts from inside mainland China — five refused their front page, none of the rest offered English, one filtered non-browser clients - [How often China company records change: 145 of 264 in a year](https://currawongweb.com/verify/how-often-chinese-company-records-change/): change-log reading of the same 264 selected names, not a national rate — 54.9% amended their registration within 12 months, median 39 lifetime changes, so an undated capture goes stale fast - [Chinese site blocked or broken? How we test official sources](https://currawongweb.com/verify/is-a-chinese-site-blocked-or-broken/): the measurement rules behind the availability panels — paired vantage points, paired user agents, same-session controls, with the observed artefacts that fool single-view tests - [China supplier took payment and vanished: what records show](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-took-payment-no-goods/): what the public record can and cannot tell a buyer who has already paid — terminated-enforcement cases, dishonest-debtor listings and bankruptcy filings, each with the limit that travels with it, and an explicit statement that records recover no money - [Risks of buying from Alibaba](https://currawongweb.com/verify/risks-of-buying-from-alibaba/): four risk families sorted by the tool that catches each — record-readable counterparty risk, one-comparison payment risk, inspectable product risk, and the residual risks only a contract holds - [Buying an ebike from Alibaba](https://currawongweb.com/verify/buying-ebike-from-alibaba/): a high-value, certification-bound purchase made once — line up the registered seller, the UL 2849/2271 certificate holder and the payment beneficiary before any deposit - [Buying a food trailer from Alibaba](https://currawongweb.com/verify/buying-food-trailer-from-alibaba/): a vehicle plus a kitchen — the 17-character VIN and NHTSA manufacturer record, the registered Chinese seller and the payment beneficiary are all checkable before the deposit - [Bill of lading check](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-bill-of-lading-check/): the only paper that controls the goods — shipper vs contract seller, consignee forms, telex release, and the five-line check before the balance payment - [Proforma invoice check](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-proforma-invoice-check/): the first document that names the entity, the price and the terms — header, specification lines and bank details, checked before the deposit - [Third-party due diligence](https://currawongweb.com/verify/third-party-due-diligence/): what makes diligence genuinely third-party — the three layers of independence, the four evidence lanes a report must carry, and when records need eyes - [Check a Chinese supplier before you pay](https://currawongweb.com/check/before-you-pay/): identity and payment-safety records on the exact entity receiving the money — sources, dates and gaps stated, from $62.10 - [Is this Chinese company real? Identity check](https://currawongweb.com/check/company/): registered name, USCC, licences and court record behind the name you were given — free checksum validator first - [Factory or trading company? Check the claim](https://currawongweb.com/check/factory-claim/): production licences, customs registration, marks and site filings in the entity's own name, $53.10 - [China supplier due diligence — the full record](https://currawongweb.com/check/deep/): all 153 registry checks bundle-priced, three-layer honesty on every line - [What a China supplier report contains](https://currawongweb.com/verify/sample-report/): two report samples and one described tier — the free registry snapshot, an illustrative human record check (L3, from $128) shown beside dated platform records from a real listed manufacturer (not anonymised), and the on-site verification tier as a description of scope, not a sample, because none has been delivered yet. - [GSXT error 521: all 6 requests from 2 Chinese networks](https://currawongweb.com/verify/gsxt-error-521/): six scripted requests from two unrelated mainland Chinese networks returned 521 every time while control hosts returned 200 in the same seconds — a JavaScript challenge rather than an outage, with the two wrong conclusions we reached first recorded alongside it. - [Can a script open GSXT? 521 for all 5 client profiles](https://currawongweb.com/verify/can-a-script-open-gsxt/): five progressively more browser-like clients pointed at China's company registry from one mainland host — bare curl, spoofed user agent, full browser headers, HTTP/2, and a genuine Chrome TLS fingerprint. All five returned 521; the control host returned 200 to all five in the same session. Rules out user agent, headers and TLS fingerprinting as the discriminator, and corrects an inference our 14 August page had stated as an observation. - [Which GSXT address works? 6 entry points, 6 status patterns](https://currawongweb.com/verify/which-gsxt-address-works/): six official entry points to the same Chinese company-registry system, requested from one mainland host, returned 521, 412, 400, 200, 302 and 404 — one provincial entry answers a scripted client normally. Also documents a control host that returns 403 bare and 200 with a browser user-agent, and the wrong drift conclusion we published for an hour before catching it. - [Chinese official sites retested: 7 of 8 repeated their codes](https://currawongweb.com/verify/chinese-official-sites-retest/): the eight-source availability panel re-run after seven days under two client profiles — seven of eight returned identical status codes, and the one that changed became more open, with a court host that had refused command-line clients now answering them. - [China-Lieferant prüfen (Deutsch)](https://currawongweb.com/de/chinesischen-lieferanten-pruefen/): German pillar covering six separate evidence lines before contract and payment — identity, transaction authority, production link, order fit, payment path and the documented decision, with measured shares from a 264-manufacturer census. - [Chinesische Firma prüfen (Deutsch)](https://currawongweb.com/de/chinesische-firma-pruefen/): German page on the two usable registry search keys — exact Chinese legal name and the 18-character Unified Social Credit Code — what a hit proves, and what a nil result means. - [Lieferant vor der Zahlung prüfen (Deutsch)](https://currawongweb.com/de/lieferant-vor-zahlung-pruefen/): German before-payment page comparing the four names on contract, invoice, registry record and bank instruction, plus the rule for a mid-deal bank-account change. - [China-Lieferanten: zehn Studien (Deutsch)](https://currawongweb.com/de/china-lieferanten-forschung/): German summary of ten dated China-side studies — registry data, official-portal reachability and check digits — each with its measurement date and the DOI to cite; the study pages themselves stay English so each study keeps one citable version. - [Hersteller oder Handelsunternehmen (Deutsch)](https://currawongweb.com/de/hersteller-oder-handelsunternehmen/): German page showing why the common trading-wording heuristic fails — 93.9% of 264 measured firms carry manufacturing and trading wording at the same time. - [Vérifier une entreprise chinoise (Français)](https://currawongweb.com/fr/verifier-entreprise-chinoise/): French page on the two reliable registry search keys — exact Chinese legal name and the 18-character Unified Social Credit Code — what a hit proves, what a nil result means, and why French customs, the customs agent and market-surveillance authorities remain the competent bodies for import and product law. - [Verificare un'azienda cinese (Italiano)](https://currawongweb.com/it/verificare-azienda-cinese/): Italian page on the two reliable registry search keys, what a registry hit does and does not establish, and why the Agenzia delle Dogane and the customs forwarder stay competent for Italian and EU import law. - [Sprawdzić chińską firmę (Polski)](https://currawongweb.com/pl/sprawdzic-chinska-firme/): Polish page on the exact Chinese legal name and the 18-character code as the only usable search keys, the subscribed-versus-paid capital misreading, and why Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa handles import law. - [Ověřit čínskou firmu (Čeština)](https://currawongweb.com/cs/overit-cinskou-firmu/): Czech page on the two registry search keys, the difference between a portal that refuses automated clients and a genuinely empty record, and why Celní správa ČR remains competent for import matters. - [Çin şirketi doğrulama (Türkçe)](https://currawongweb.com/tr/cin-sirketi-dogrulama/): Turkish page on the exact Chinese legal name and the 18-character code, what a dated registry hit establishes, and why the Ministry of Trade and your customs broker stay competent for Turkish import rules. - [Kínai cég ellenőrzése (Magyar)](https://currawongweb.com/hu/kinai-ceg-ellenorzese/): Hungarian page on the two usable registry search keys, why a nil result is a finding rather than an absence, and why NAV and the customs agent handle Hungarian and EU import law. - [Chinees bedrijf controleren (Nederlands)](https://currawongweb.com/nl/chinees-bedrijf-controleren/): Dutch page on the two usable registry search keys — exact Chinese legal name and the 18-character code — what a dated registry hit establishes, and why the Douane and your customs agent stay competent for Dutch and EU import law. - [التحقق من شركة صينية (العربية)](https://currawongweb.com/ar/altahaqquq-min-sharika-siniyya/): Arabic page on the exact Chinese legal name and the 18-character code as the only reliable search keys, what a dated registry hit proves, and why the local customs authority and broker remain competent for import rules. - [Verifikasi perusahaan China (Bahasa Indonesia)](https://currawongweb.com/id/verifikasi-perusahaan-china/): Indonesian page on the two usable registry search keys, the subscribed-versus-paid capital misreading, and why Bea Cukai and the PPJK stay competent for Indonesian import law. - [Проверка китайской компании (Русский)](https://currawongweb.com/ru/proverit-kitayskuyu-kompaniyu/): Russian page on the two usable registry search keys — the exact Chinese legal name and the 18-character USCI code — and what a registry match does and does not establish. - [中国企業の登記確認 (日本語)](https://currawongweb.com/ja/chugoku-kigyo-toki-kakunin/): Japanese page on the two usable registry search keys and why a match confirms registered identity on the query date only, not a factory or payment safety. - [중국 기업 등기 확인 (한국어)](https://currawongweb.com/ko/junggug-gieop-deunggi-hwagin/): Korean page on the exact Chinese legal name and the 18-digit unified social credit code, and the limits of what a GSXT match proves. - [ตรวจสอบบริษัทจีน (ไทย)](https://currawongweb.com/th/truat-sob-borisat-chin/): Thai page on the two usable registry search keys and what a registry match settles on the query date. - [El proveedor chino cambió su cuenta bancaria (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/proveedor-chino-cambio-cuenta-bancaria/): Spanish page for a mid-deal bank-account change — stop, confirm on a previously established channel, and re-run the four-name comparison; 25.4% of 264 measured Chinese manufacturers carry no import-export wording, which is why a third-party payee is routine. - [Cómo verificar el beneficiario (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/verificar-beneficiario-proveedor-chino/): Spanish before-payment page on comparing registered company, contract seller, invoice issuer and payee, and what to demand when the payee is a Hong Kong entity or an affiliate. - [Conta bancária do fornecedor chinês em outro nome (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/conta-bancaria-fornecedor-chines/): Portuguese page on a payee name that differs from the contract seller — why it is structurally common, when it is routine, and the rule for a mid-deal account change. - [Unified Social Credit Code checker](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-usci-checker/): browser-side structure and check-digit verification under GB 32100-2015, with what a passing code does not prove - [Verify a supplier bank account before payment](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-bank-account-check/): comparing the contracting seller with the beneficiary actually being paid - [Supplier due diligence checklist before payment](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-due-diligence-checklist/): the full sequence, collapsed into an actionable decision record - [Chinese supplier bank account check — Australia guide](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-payment-check/): payment-entity checks for Australian importers ## Platform mechanics - [Alibaba reviews: what they prove and what they miss](https://currawongweb.com/verify/alibaba-reviews/): where platform ratings come from, the four blind spots no review count closes, and how to read reviews alongside the registration record - [How to import from China: the decisions that cost money](https://currawongweb.com/verify/how-to-import-from-china/): the six decisions a first import turns on, which document proves what, and the two irreversible steps where first-time money is lost - [Know your supplier (KYS) when the supplier is in China](https://currawongweb.com/verify/know-your-supplier/): the four KYS layers, which two have public answers in China, and what no record check can establish - [Supplier scorecard: the row you cannot fill from your own data](https://currawongweb.com/verify/supplier-scorecard/): why the legal-standing dimension cannot come from transaction history, what belongs in it for a Chinese supplier, and how to score unknowns without inventing precision - [Supplier financial risk assessment in China](https://currawongweb.com/verify/supplier-financial-risk-assessment/): non-listed Chinese companies publish no financial statements; which distress signals are genuinely public, and why their absence proves nothing - [China export destinations 2026: 253 markets, one check](https://currawongweb.com/export-destinations/): Chinese customs export values to 253 destinations for Jan–Jun 2026, alongside the single China-side check that does not change with the buyer’s country; states plainly that it is not a coverage map and that we have no local presence anywhere - [Sourcing desk — we are the seller on this page](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/): the buying side of Currawong, kept separate from the verification service; states the change of role, that payment clears before goods move, that no credit or terms are offered, and what the desk does not yet have - [Request a China sourcing quote](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/request/): the structured brief that starts a goods order — product link, specification, quantity, destination; every brief is reviewed by a person, and no payment exists at this step - [Specimen order file](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/sample-order/): a live dry-run quote with provenance labels and no invented events - [What we buy from China for clients — eligibility](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/eligibility/): accepted product shapes, the V1 exclusion list (branded, battery, food-contact, safety-critical and more), destination notes, and the order guardrails while the desk builds its record - [Trade terms for goods we sell](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/terms/): the B2B terms governing physical goods orders — quote versioning, 100% prepayment, DAP delivery split, claims windows and the conflict-of-interest disclosure; independent of the verification report terms - [Shipping and claims on goods orders](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/shipping-and-claims/): how DAP shipments arrive, the tracking you get, and the photo evidence and windows a shortage, damage or specification claim needs - [1688 agent for a defined China order](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/1688-agent/): a product-specific buying route that starts from a link or screenshot and written specification; excludes customs duty, finance and credit, books export freight at cost, and keeps selling separate from supplier verification - [China sourcing agent: what the register can and cannot tell you](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/china-sourcing-agent/): why searching China’s company register by name ending cannot identify a sourcing firm — sixteen of eighteen common endings run past the register’s 5,000 display ceiling — and how a seller of record differs from an agent when money moves first - [1688 dropshipping: a wholesale platform, one parcel at a time](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/1688-dropshipping/): why per-order fulfilment from a wholesale marketplace needs an accountable party in between, which online-trading duties attach to the seller, the platform and the intermediary, and why this desk will not blind-ship or falsify documents - [Weidian agent: buying from a shop with no public web page](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/weidian-agent/): the disclosure fields Chinese rules require by operator type, including why an individually-owned business publishes a person’s name and no registered capital - [Buying direct from a Chinese factory: what has to be true on the export side](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/buy-direct-from-china-factory/): the customs registration that decides who may declare goods out of China, how a buyer can check it, and the cases where buying direct is the right answer and this desk adds nothing - [The EU €3 parcel duty from 1 July 2026](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/eu-parcel-duty-2026/): what the Council adopted when it abolished duty-free entry under €150, the per-tariff-sub-heading charge with the Council's own worked example, the IOSS condition most summaries drop, and where the interim rate stops - [Taobao agent for a defined China order](https://currawongweb.com/sourcing/taobao-agent/): the retail-side buying route, plus what Chinese law requires a marketplace shop to publish about its own registration — the RMB 100,000 exemption threshold, the disclosure fields, and the platform duty to mark registered sellers apart from unregistered ones - [Import from China to the Philippines: start the clock early](https://currawongweb.com/verify/import-from-china-to-philippines/): why importer accreditation rather than sourcing is the critical path on a first Philippine import, and what can be settled in China while it is pending - [Import from China to Nigeria: the checks that are yours](https://currawongweb.com/verify/import-from-china-to-nigeria/): the Nigerian-side registrations and the China-side checks that belong to the buyer - [Importing from China to South Africa: the approval you hold](https://currawongweb.com/verify/import-from-china-to-south-africa/): why an NRCS Letter of Authority sits with the importer rather than the Chinese supplier, and what that means for establishing which factory actually made the goods - [Import from China to India: the checks that are yours](https://currawongweb.com/verify/import-from-china-to-india/): the three Indian-side registrations (IEC, GST, AD Code), why a BIS licence names a Chinese manufacturing entity, and the China-side checks that belong to the buyer - [Supplier approval program: verifying the entity behind the certificate](https://currawongweb.com/verify/supplier-approval-program/): where entity verification sits in an approval file, and why a certificate does not establish that the certified entity is the one you contract and pay - [Trade Assurance: what it covers and what it does not](https://currawongweb.com/verify/alibaba-trade-assurance/): the four published coverage areas, the contract standard a claim is judged against, the 30-day claim window and the US$100 delay-compensation cap, and the four order-document gaps that defeat most claims - [Verified and Gold Supplier badges](https://currawongweb.com/verify/alibaba-verified-supplier/): Gold's third-party legal-registration verification and Verified's broader third-party assessment, why paid membership remains a dated signal and not an order guarantee, and the counterparty gap between the assessed company and the entity on your invoice - [Third-party inspection in China: what it does and misses](https://currawongweb.com/verify/third-party-inspection-china/): what an inspection covers, why a pass is a statement about a sample, when to book it, and the two company-level failures no inspector is looking for; we do not perform inspections - [NNN agreements: what to check before signing](https://currawongweb.com/verify/nnn-agreement-china/): the counterparty side of an NNN agreement — which registered entity should sign, whether it manufactures, and why the exact Chinese name matters; explicitly not legal advice - [MOQ: what minimum order quantity tells you](https://currawongweb.com/verify/minimum-order-quantity/): why suppliers set a minimum, what a high or very low one reveals about whether you are talking to the factory, and four ways to move it that do not damage the order - [Bill of lading: who controls the cargo](https://currawongweb.com/verify/bill-of-lading/): receipt, carriage contract and document of title — how original vs telex release vs seaway bill decides whether payment and cargo release stay linked - [Alibaba vs AliExpress: what actually changes](https://currawongweb.com/verify/alibaba-vs-aliexpress/): same group, different contract — who your counterparty is, what each platform's protection is shaped to answer, how the two fail differently, and where 1688 sits - [How to buy from 1688: routes and the seller check](https://currawongweb.com/verify/how-to-buy-from-1688/): Alibaba’s domestic wholesale marketplace from a foreign buyer’s seat — three buying routes, why domestic prices exclude everything an export order needs, and the seller check that comes before money moves on any route - [EU €3 customs duty on small parcels: what changed](https://currawongweb.com/verify/eu-customs-duty-small-parcels/): the EU abolished its €150 duty-free threshold on 1 July 2026 and replaced it with a flat €3 per tariff sub-heading on parcels sent to consumers; what the regulation says, who pays, and what it does not cover ## Other languages - [Поставщики из Китая (Русский)](https://currawongweb.com/ru/proverka-postavshchika-iz-kitaya/): how to find a supplier and verify the legal company and payee before payment, in Russian - [Alibaba recensioni (Italiano)](https://currawongweb.com/it/alibaba-recensioni/): what reviews prove and the four checks that decide an order, in Italian - [Avis Alibaba (Français)](https://currawongweb.com/fr/alibaba-avis/): what reviews prove and the four checks that decide an order, in French - [Alibaba é confiável? (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/alibaba-e-confiavel/): the four checks that decide an order, and how retail complaints differ from B2B, in Portuguese - [Alibaba güvenilir mi? (Türkçe)](https://currawongweb.com/tr/alibaba-guvenilir-mi/): the four checks that decide an order, plus how 1688 differs, in Turkish - [Alibaba opinie (Polski)](https://currawongweb.com/pl/alibaba-opinie/): what reviews prove and the four checks that decide an order, in Polish - [Как покупать на 1688 (Русский)](https://currawongweb.com/ru/kak-kupit-na-1688/): what 1688 is and how to check the seller before payment, in Russian - [Mua hàng 1688 (Tiếng Việt)](https://currawongweb.com/vi/mua-hang-1688/): what 1688 is, three ordering routes and the seller check, in Vietnamese - [1688 구매대행 가이드 (한국어)](https://currawongweb.com/ko/1688-gumaedaehang/): what 1688 is and how to check the seller before payment, in Korean - [1688 仕入れガイド (日本語)](https://currawongweb.com/ja/1688-shiire/): what 1688 is and how to check the seller before payment, in Japanese - [สั่งของจาก 1688 (ไทย)](https://currawongweb.com/th/sang-khong-1688/): what 1688 is and how to check the seller before payment, in Thai - [Acheter sur 1688 (Français)](https://currawongweb.com/fr/acheter-sur-1688/): what 1688 is, three ways to order from France or francophone Africa, and how to check the seller before payment, in French - [موقع 1688 الصيني (العربية)](https://currawongweb.com/ar/shira-min-1688/): what 1688 is, three ways to order from Arabic-speaking markets, and how to check the seller before payment, in Arabic - [Kiểm tra công ty Trung Quốc (Tiếng Việt)](https://currawongweb.com/vi/kiem-tra-cong-ty-trung-quoc/): how to check a Chinese company in the official registry, step by step, in Vietnamese - [Kiểm tra nhà máy Trung Quốc (Tiếng Việt)](https://currawongweb.com/vi/kiem-tra-nha-may-trung-quoc/): scoping a factory-capability check before a large order, in Vietnamese - [Kiểm tra chứng chỉ nhà cung cấp (Tiếng Việt)](https://currawongweb.com/vi/kiem-tra-chung-chi-nha-cung-cap/): seven checks for certificates and test reports, in Vietnamese - [Duyệt mẫu trước sản xuất (Tiếng Việt)](https://currawongweb.com/vi/duyet-mau-truoc-san-xuat/): turning a reviewed sample into a controlled production reference, in Vietnamese - [Kiểm hàng trước khi xuất (Tiếng Việt)](https://currawongweb.com/vi/kiem-hang-truoc-khi-xuat/): pre-shipment inspection as a dated release decision, in Vietnamese - [Alibaba recenze (Čeština)](https://currawongweb.com/cs/alibaba-recenze/): what reviews prove and the four checks that decide an order, in Czech - [Alibaba vélemények (Magyar)](https://currawongweb.com/hu/alibaba-velemenyek/): what reviews prove and the four checks that decide an order, in Hungarian - [アリババは安全?信頼できる? (日本語)](https://currawongweb.com/ja/alibaba-anzen/): Japanese page on whether Alibaba is safe, the four things that decide an order, and what the registry can and cannot prove - [Apakah Alibaba aman? (Bahasa Indonesia)](https://currawongweb.com/id/alibaba-aman/): Indonesian page on whether Alibaba is safe, the four things that decide an order, and what the registry can and cannot prove - [Alibaba có an toàn không? (Tiếng Việt)](https://currawongweb.com/vi/alibaba-co-an-toan-khong/): Vietnamese page on whether Alibaba is safe, the four things that decide an order, and what the registry can and cannot prove - [Alibaba โกงไหม? (ไทย)](https://currawongweb.com/th/alibaba-kong-mai/): Thai page on whether Alibaba is safe, the four things that decide an order, and what the registry can and cannot prove - [الاستيراد من الصين (العربية)](https://currawongweb.com/ar/istirad-min-alsin/): the checks to complete before sending a deposit to a Chinese supplier, in Arabic - [Nhập hàng Trung Quốc chính ngạch (Tiếng Việt)](https://currawongweb.com/vi/nhap-hang-trung-quoc/): verifying the legal entity, factory and payee before the deposit, in Vietnamese - [Impor barang dari China (Bahasa Indonesia)](https://currawongweb.com/id/impor-dari-china/): verifying the supplier and payee before transferring DP, in Indonesian - [¿Alibaba es confiable? (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/alibaba-es-confiable/): the four checks that decide an Alibaba order, in international Spanish - [Ist Alibaba seriös? (Deutsch)](https://currawongweb.com/de/ist-alibaba-serioes/): the same four order-deciding checks, in German - [Is Alibaba betrouwbaar? (Nederlands)](https://currawongweb.com/nl/is-alibaba-betrouwbaar/): the same four order-deciding checks, in Dutch - [Cómo verificar una empresa china (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/verificar-empresa-china/): the official GSXT registry steps, in Spanish - [Identificación fiscal de una empresa china (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/identificacion-fiscal-empresa-china/): why a mainland company's tax number is its 18-character unified social credit code, and the three cases where it is not, in Spanish - [Identificação fiscal de uma empresa chinesa (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/identificacao-fiscal-empresa-chinesa/): why a mainland company's tax number is its 18-character unified social credit code, and the three cases where it is not, in Portuguese - [Como verificar uma empresa chinesa (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/verificar-empresa-chinesa/): the official GSXT registry steps, in Portuguese - [Auditoría de fábrica china (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/auditoria-fabrica-china/): what a factory audit covers and decides, in Spanish - [Auditoria de fábrica na China (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/auditoria-fabrica-china/): what a factory audit covers and decides, in Portuguese - [Verificar certificados de proveedores chinos (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/verificar-certificados-proveedor-chino/): certificate and test-report checks, in Spanish - [Verificar certificados de fornecedores chineses (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/verificar-certificados-fornecedor-chines/): certificate and test-report checks, in Portuguese - [Aprobar una muestra de proveedor chino (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/aprobar-muestra-proveedor-chino/): turning an approved sample into a written production reference, in Spanish - [Aprovar uma amostra de fornecedor chinês (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/aprovar-amostra-fornecedor-chines/): turning an approved sample into a written production reference, in Portuguese - [Inspección pre-embarque de proveedor chino (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/inspeccion-preembarque-proveedor-chino/): what the pre-shipment inspection brief must contain, in Spanish - [Inspeção pré-embarque de fornecedor chinês (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/inspecao-pre-embarque-fornecedor-chines/): what the pre-shipment inspection brief must contain, in Portuguese - [Verificar un proveedor chino antes de pagar (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/verificar-proveedor-chino/): the full pre-payment check sequence, in Spanish - [Vérifier un fournisseur chinois avant de payer (Français)](https://currawongweb.com/fr/verifier-fournisseur-chinois/): the full pre-payment check sequence, in French - [Verificare un fornitore cinese prima di pagare (Italiano)](https://currawongweb.com/it/verificare-fornitore-cinese/): the full pre-payment check sequence, in Italian - [Verificar um fornecedor chinês antes de pagar (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/verificar-fornecedor-chines/): the full pre-payment check sequence, in Portuguese - [알리바바 안전한가? (한국어)](https://currawongweb.com/ko/alibaba-anjeonhanga/): the four checks that decide an order, in Korean - [هل علي بابا آمن؟ (العربية)](https://currawongweb.com/ar/alibaba-amn/): the four checks that decide an order, in Arabic - [Безопасен ли Alibaba? (Русский)](https://currawongweb.com/ru/alibaba-bezopasnost/): the four checks that decide an order, in Russian - [中国輸入ガイド (日本語)](https://currawongweb.com/ja/chuugoku-yunyu/): verifying the supplier before the deposit, in Japanese - [중국 수입 가이드 (한국어)](https://currawongweb.com/ko/jungguk-suip/): verifying the supplier before the deposit, in Korean - [Importeren uit China (Nederlands)](https://currawongweb.com/nl/importeren-uit-china/): verifying the supplier before payment, in Dutch - [Import z Chin (Polski)](https://currawongweb.com/pl/import-z-chin/): verifying the supplier before the deposit, in Polish - [Импорт из Китая (Русский)](https://currawongweb.com/ru/import-iz-kitaya/): verifying the supplier before the deposit, in Russian - [นำเข้าจากจีน (ไทย)](https://currawongweb.com/th/nam-khao-jak-jin/): verifying the supplier before the deposit, in Thai - [Çin'den İthalat (Türkçe)](https://currawongweb.com/tr/cinden-ithalat/): verifying the supplier before the deposit, in Turkish - [Comprare su 1688 (Italiano)](https://currawongweb.com/it/comprare-su-1688/): what 1688 is and how to buy from Italy, in Italian - [Auf 1688 einkaufen (Deutsch)](https://currawongweb.com/de/einkaufen-auf-1688/): what 1688 is and how to buy from Germany, in German - [Comprar en 1688 (Español)](https://currawongweb.com/es/comprar-en-1688/): what 1688 is and how to buy from abroad, in Spanish - [Comprar no 1688 (Português)](https://currawongweb.com/pt/comprar-no-1688/): what 1688 is and how to buy from abroad, in Portuguese ## Optional - [About this desk](https://currawongweb.com/about/): who runs it and what it does not claim - [Author profile: Bao L. Zhou](https://currawongweb.com/author/bao-l-zhou/): the named person who leads the desk and is responsible for the guides and approved human checks, within a small team of three to five people, with third-party records (DOIs, npm, GitHub) anyone can open - [Editorial and research policy](https://currawongweb.com/editorial-policy/): sourcing, dating and correction rules; source facts, inference and limitations are kept visibly separate - [Privacy notice](https://currawongweb.com/privacy/): what is stored and where - [Service terms](https://currawongweb.com/terms/): the versioned terms shown at order time, published in full — sources, pricing, cancellation and refunds, delivery windows, liability cap and governing law - [Trust centre](https://currawongweb.com/trust/): the questions asked before paying a stranger — what a report contains, what happens when a source is unavailable, delivery and refund commitments, how long a report is kept, and the two things not yet answerable - [Our own report](https://currawongweb.com/trust/our-own-report/): Currawong's own registration run through the buyer pipeline — ten fields, three zero signals, and the honest miss where its own English name returns nothing - [Recall examples](https://currawongweb.com/trust/recall-examples/): ten Chinese maker names from public recall notices checked in company records; a demonstration, not customer orders, with no company named - [Operations log](https://currawongweb.com/trust/operations-log/): monthly numbers straight from the production order store — real buyers, anonymous unpaid, and our own tests in separate columns, zeros published as zeros - [Changelog](https://currawongweb.com/trust/changelog/): eight dated changes to what buyers see and eleven dated corrections, 7 August to 26 September 2026, each linked to the live page; internal work is not listed - [Does a Chinese supplier need an export licence?](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-supplier-export-license/): the foreign-trade operator filing was deleted in 2022 and the rewritten Foreign Trade Law took effect 1 March 2026 — business scope is no longer the test - [Chinese company chop](https://currawongweb.com/verify/china-company-chop/): seals are filed with the police and not published, so no public database exists to check one against; what is checkable is the registered name carved into it - [What a registry check cannot prove](https://currawongweb.com/verify/what-registry-checks-cannot-prove/): a clean registration proves the entity exists and is identified, not that it will perform, that the licence shown belongs to the party you are talking to, or that any certificate is genuine - [The China supplier verification sequence](https://currawongweb.com/verify/sequence/): fourteen numbered checks a buyer runs before paying a Chinese supplier, each stating what it proves and what it still cannot prove. - [Restricted-party screening for a Chinese supplier](https://currawongweb.com/verify/restricted-party-screening/): the one check whose source sits outside China, with the entry counts we read from the published list and what a clear result does not settle. - [Who exports your goods: the fifth name](https://currawongweb.com/verify/exporter-of-record-check/): the shipper on the transport documents is often not your contract seller, and the UFLPA clause that would list additional exporters carries zero rows, so this is document work rather than a lookup. - [Verify with what you have — ar](https://currawongweb.com/ar/altahaqquq-min-mawrid-sini/): same guidance in ar: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — cs](https://currawongweb.com/cs/overit-cinskeho-dodavatele/): same guidance in cs: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — de](https://currawongweb.com/de/china-lieferant-pruefen-mit-vorhandenen-angaben/): same guidance in de: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — es](https://currawongweb.com/es/verificar-proveedor-chino-con-lo-que-tienes/): same guidance in es: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — fr](https://currawongweb.com/fr/verifier-fournisseur-chinois-avec-ce-que-vous-avez/): same guidance in fr: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — hu](https://currawongweb.com/hu/kinai-beszallito-ellenorzese/): same guidance in hu: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — id](https://currawongweb.com/id/memeriksa-pemasok-tiongkok/): same guidance in id: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — it](https://currawongweb.com/it/verificare-fornitore-cinese-con-quello-che-hai/): same guidance in it: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — ja](https://currawongweb.com/ja/chugoku-supplier-kakunin/): same guidance in ja: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — ko](https://currawongweb.com/ko/jungguk-gongkeupeopche-hwagin/): same guidance in ko: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — nl](https://currawongweb.com/nl/chinese-leverancier-controleren-met-wat-je-hebt/): same guidance in nl: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — pl](https://currawongweb.com/pl/sprawdzic-chinskiego-dostawce/): same guidance in pl: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — pt](https://currawongweb.com/pt/verificar-fornecedor-chines-com-o-que-tem/): same guidance in pt: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — ru](https://currawongweb.com/ru/proverit-kitayskogo-postavshchika/): same guidance in ru: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — th](https://currawongweb.com/th/truat-sob-suppliers-chin/): same guidance in th: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — tr](https://currawongweb.com/tr/elinizdeki-bilgiyle-cin-tedarikci-dogrulama/): same guidance in tr: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [Verify with what you have — vi](https://currawongweb.com/vi/kiem-tra-nha-cung-cap-trung-quoc/): same guidance in vi: which next step each artefact (licence photo, English name only, no match, payment instruction) actually unlocks - [China FDA facilities: 38.8% declare contract manufacturing](https://currawongweb.com/verify/fda-registered-facilities-china/): census of 4,973 Chinese device establishments — 38.8% make for another party, and ten US agents front 35.5% of them - [Company database vs China's registry: 15 of 17 labels differ](https://currawongweb.com/verify/company-database-vs-china-registry/): 17 selected registry records: official GSXT registry observations compared with a commercial database read eight days earlier, without validating identity; 115 of 118 checks matched under limited rules, some testing only presence or length, and 15 of 17 status labels were worded differently - 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