How to Check a Chinese Business License
What to look for on a Mainland Chinese business licence and what the document cannot establish.
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Practical guidance for researching Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong companies. Understand company records, registration status, supplier identity and public-source signals before making business decisions.
Start with the exact legal entity, then verify its registered identity, operating status and relevant public records.
Read the guide →What to look for on a Mainland Chinese business licence and what the document cannot establish.
Read →A transaction-focused checklist for reconciling supplier identity before payment.
Read →A practical guide to active, deregistered, revoked and other registration signals.
Read →How the 18-character identifier helps with entity matching and where its limits lie.
Read →A clear boundary between public-record evidence and conclusions the records cannot support.
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