OFFICIAL WORKFLOW / 01
Verify identity before interpreting risk.
The registration search answers a narrow but necessary question: which Chinese legal entity is behind the documents you received? Do not use an English storefront name as if it were the registered identity.
Collect the exact search keys
Ask for a current business licence and copy the full Chinese registered name and Unified Social Credit Code exactly as shown. Keep the English trading name, marketplace account and salesperson name as separate aliases.
Under China’s current unified-code rules, the code is a nationwide unique identity code assigned to an organisation and displayed on its business licence. The official coding standard is GB 32100-2015.
Search the official GSXT registry
Open the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System and search the exact Chinese name or Unified Social Credit Code. Use the code when available because it is the stronger identity key.
The registry’s official help page says name searches can be fuzzy and can return up to 100 records. Do not select a similar-looking result without matching the code or other identity fields.
The official service may require interactive verification or may not be consistently reachable from every network. This guide does not bypass CAPTCHA, proxy the portal or automate data harvesting.
Match the live record to the deal documents
Record the query date and compare the legal name, Unified Social Credit Code, entity status, registered address, legal representative and business scope with the licence and contract. Then compare the contracting seller and bank beneficiary.
China’s market-entity registration regulation identifies fields such as name, entity type, business scope, address, registered capital and legal representative as general registration matters. Changes must be registered, so a dated live result matters more than an undated screenshot sent by a supplier.
Read what a supplier’s registered business scope can — and cannot — signal about a factory role →
Read how company changes should be kept as dated evidence questions, not supplier verdicts →
Read why a registered address and claimed factory site must be checked separately →
Separate identity confirmation from supplier approval
If the official record and deal documents align, continue to product-specific compliance, manufacturing-role and payment controls. If a material field differs, hold the decision until the supplier explains the difference through a known and independently verified channel.
A registered wholesaler can be a legitimate supplier, and a company with manufacturing wording can still outsource your order. Registry language is a clue about the entity, not proof of the site, equipment, capacity or quality system behind your product.
Put identity into the global supplier due diligence sequence →
Use the free factory-or-trader reading for a narrow first-pass signal →
Then verify the production site, processes, certificate scope and fit for your order →
Before payment, match that registered identity to the seller, invoice and bank beneficiary →
Treat “no result” as an unresolved identity
No-result does not, by itself, prove that a supplier is fraudulent. It can reflect a copied-name error, use of an English alias, a changed entity name, an inaccessible session or invalid search conditions.
Re-copy the Chinese name and code from the licence, remove added spaces or punctuation, try the exact code, and preserve the failed query date. If the identity still cannot be matched, hold the transaction and request corrected official identity evidence rather than guessing which similar company is yours.
If access or matching remains unresolved, prepare a dated China-side human check →
MATCH TABLE / 02
What to compare before proceeding
| Field | Compare against | Proceed, hold or escalate |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese legal name | Business licence, contract, invoice and official record | Proceed only when the seller identity is consistent or a documented relationship explains the difference |
| Unified Social Credit Code | Business licence and official record | Hold when codes differ, are missing from a supplied licence, or resolve to another entity |
| Registration status | Current official record | Escalate inactive, revoked, cancelled or otherwise material status wording before contracting |
| Address and legal representative | Licence, contract and current record | Ask for a dated explanation when material details have changed |
| Business scope | Quoted role and product | Use only as a first-pass role signal; obtain order-specific manufacturing evidence separately |
| Contract seller and payee | Contract, invoice and bank beneficiary | Hold an unexplained third-party or personal beneficiary |
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How this guide was prepared
Currawong Web’s China-side verification desk reviewed the live official sources below on 30 July 2026. We mapped each source to the narrow claim it can support: how to search, how the unified code works, which fields are registration matters and why the live record should be dated.
We did not inspect any reader’s supplier, factory, product or transaction. This page is general research guidance, not legal advice, a product-compliance opinion, a factory audit or a guarantee of transaction safety. Official portal availability and displayed records can change.
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Official sources used for this guide
Links and page content were checked on 30 July 2026. The live official record remains authoritative for a specific entity and query date.
- National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity SystemOfficial nationwide market-entity credit search by Chinese name, Unified Social Credit Code or registration number.
- GSXT — Official system helpSearch inputs, fuzzy-search result limits, no-result behaviour and source-responsibility boundaries.
- SAMR — Measures for unified social credit code managementCurrent nationwide uniqueness, one-organisation/one-code and business-licence display rules, effective 1 February 2026.
- SAMR National Standards — GB 32100-2015Current coding rule for the unified social credit identifier.
- State Council — Regulation on market entity registrationRegistration fields, business-licence effect, changes, cancellation and public disclosure framework.
COMMON QUESTIONS / 05
Keep these four boundaries clear
- Can I search with an English supplier name?
- The official registry is built around the registered Chinese identity. Ask for the Chinese legal name and Unified Social Credit Code instead of relying on a translated brand.
- Does a matching registration prove the supplier is reliable?
- No. It confirms the matched registered identity at the query time. Reliability, capacity, product compliance, delivery and payment safety need separate evidence.
- Does business scope prove the company owns a factory?
- No. Scope wording is a first-pass clue. Site control, process capability and order-specific production still require separate evidence or an audit.
- What if the bank beneficiary is another company?
- Hold payment until the relationship is disclosed, documented and confirmed through an independently verified contact channel. A mismatch is a question to resolve, not automatic proof of fraud. Verify the bank account details before payment →