How to verify a china-based company?

To date, the most authentic way to verify a china-based company is to visit the local Administration of Industry and Commerce(AIC). To do that, a copy of passport or ID Card(in case of Chinese national) is required and an expense up to 140RMB will be incurred for the registration inquiry. The registration information provided by AIC includes: date of incorporation, address, legal representative, registered capital, contact information, business scope, business type, business term, annual inspection performance, etc.

Do make sure to read our series of China company verification tips before you enter into business with any Chinese suppliers:
Tips on China company verification Part 1
Tips on China company verification Part 2
Tips on China company verification Part 3
Tips on China company verification Part 4

Are there any resource online for registration information inquiry?

On nationwide level, there are not any official or commercial site offering service for nationwide online registration inquiry. On the provincial level, only 8 out of 31 official website of AIC(22 Provinces, 2 Autonomous Regions and 4 Centrally-Administered Municipalities, not include Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao), offer online information inquiry service. Among them, the AIC websites in Chongqing Centrally-Administered Municipality, Henan Province and Guizhou Province provide free online inquiry, the AIC websites in Liaoning Province, Guangdong Province, Inner Mongolia and Jiangxi Province provide online registration information inquiry service to paid members only, Jinlin Province allows users to inquiry by telephone(by dial 169166), that is only province that provide telephone inquiry. If you want to verify a company located in other 23 provinces, so far the only way out is to visit the local municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce.

How can we tell a shell company out of those real ones?

Nowadays, it is very easy to establish a shell company in China at the expense of less than RMB2000(appro.$250). A shell company, as we define it, is a company registered with a virtual domicile and registered capital. By face you can’t tell whether the company is real or not, and its registration information is no different to those real companies. As we all know, it is extremely risky to do business with a shell company and we will give you some clues on how to unveil those shell companies hidden behind real ones:
a) payment method
In international trade, relatively speaking, L/C is the only safe payment method which we will highly recommend. Normally, a shell company won’t accept L/C, they either ask for 50-100% advance payment through T/T, or payment through West Union.
b) address
Pay a visit to the address listed on their business license. A shell company usually have a virtual domicile.
c) telephone
Call the telephone listed on the registration information report the AIC provide. Many shell company locates in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen city while the owner are thousand miles away.
d) 114 telephone directory
Call the local 114 telephone directory to see if this company have registered themselves. If yes, call the telephone number given by 114 to see if that is the same company you are dealing with.


Chinawhy company inspection service include?

a) visit company site
b) visit local administration of industry and commerce
c) online background check
d) other supplementary verification(like 114 telephone inquiry system check)

Company verification work flow?

Customer place an order(fill out the company verification order sheet) → Chinawhy send back a confirmation letter with payment routine within 24 hours → Customer pay as per the payment route → inspector visit the company site, check certificates, equipment, workshop, sample room and evaluate the production capacity and company scale → inspector visit local administration of industry and commerce → inspector conduct other supplementary verification → inspector submit report as well as photo and document materials → verification expert in Harbin check the initial report and write an official report → we submit the official company verification report and photo documents.

Why choose chinawhy.net?

a) Chinawhy offers company verification service at most part of China, our network covers all the coastal regions and most part of inland China.
b) Chinawhy is proud to have a team of seasoned, professional and responsible inspectors, that enable us to provide quality service.SEE OUR PEOPLE
c) The feature of our company verification service tailor-made for foreign small and medium sized company is that we not only verify whether the company is real or trustworthy, but also we will give our customer suggestions on contract negotiation, secure payment, logistics, etc based on our practical expertise and experience.


Price for verification:
USD200 per company, we will submit you an electronic report within 5 work days.

Payment:
We accept payment by T/T, Western Union and Paypal. The bank expenses outside China should be borne by the customers. We charge $30 extra fee if customer choose to pay by Paypal. The payment instruction will be given in confirmation email to your order sheet.