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How to verify a Chinese supplier: the factory audit checklist

Before you pay a deposit, this page tells you what to check. Work through the checklist yourself, at your own pace — or fill in what you know and send it to us: we take over the investigation, from desk checks to visiting the factory in person.

What this is: a practical checklist of what matters when auditing a Chinese factory — company facts, documents, production, quality, compliance — plus a request pack you can send to the supplier today.  What it isn't: a company database. Nothing here is verified by us unless you send it to us.
Checking whether a company legally exists is a different job — that is Company Lookup. Finding where a category is made is the Industry Map. This page does not repeat either.

1 · Your order

Four answers tailor the checklist — and everything you enter can go straight to us at the end.

Sets the documents and certificates the factory should hold.
Bigger deposit, deeper checking.
A trader is not a problem — being told otherwise is.
English names return nothing in Chinese registers.
Pick all that apply — each market adds its own product rules.

2 · Company facts — twelve things to confirm

Mark each one OK / Problem / Don't know. “Don't know” is not neutral — it is exactly what we would start with. Where to look these up is a Company Lookup job; this page only scores it.

VETO = a problem here means stop, whatever else looks fine.

3 · The factory audit checklist

Start from a preset, then add or remove modules. Every line is in English and Chinese, so you can hand it to the factory — or to us. It is the same list our people work from on site.

Your ticks stay in this browser only — download the checklist at the bottom when you are done.

4 · Ask the supplier first

Before anyone flies anywhere, a real supplier answers this bilingual request in a day. Copy it into your email.

Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.

5 · Take it from here

Your answers can go two ways: keep auditing yourself, or hand the whole picture to us.

Everything above can go two ways. Download it and keep auditing yourself, or send it to us and we take over: register checks, calls in Chinese, and our own people at the factory gate.

Ask us to check this factory

We will reply within two working days with a quote and the basics: what we can verify from Shanghai, and whether this one needs someone on site.

Confidential. What you send stays between you and the people working on your case — we do not circulate it and we do not resell supplier data. If your procurement rules require it, we will sign an NDA before you send us any documents.
Thank you — your request is on its way.
We reply within two working days with a quote and the basics.
What we do not do: we do not issue certificates (BSCI, SEDEX, ISO, CE and product approvals come from accredited bodies — we do buyer-side audits and corrective-action follow-up), we do not hold or escrow payments, and nothing here is legal advice. Scores are your own input, not a verified conclusion.