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China supplier verification, before you wire the deposit

BCBIZ reads the official Chinese company registry and social security filings for any 1688, Alibaba or Taobao supplier. It tells a blank figure from a disclosed zero — so a real factory is never mistaken for a shell company.

The same registry work a $49 desktop audit covers — registry scope, official headcount, litigation and enforcement records — at $19.9. No travel, no agent retainer, no waiting on a field visit.

Works with any supplier registered in mainland China

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How It Works

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Paste Your 1688 or Taobao Product Link

Drop any product URL from China's largest B2B platforms. We trace the supplier behind the listing.

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We Cross-Reference Chinese Corporate Registries

Our engine cross-references China's National Corporate Registry, official social security filings, and platform trust metrics during our compliance audit.

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Receive Your Verified Factory Audit Report

Get a professional PDF with authenticity grade, social security headcount, risk flags, and de-watered tech specs within 24 hours.

Simple Pricing

No subscription required. Pay per audit. Free trial included.

Free Trial
$0
3 reports

New users get 3 free factory audits. No credit card required.

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Single Report
$19.9
1 report

One factory background check — registration, official headcount, litigation and enforcement records — as a 25-field PDF, delivered within 24 hours.

Buy — $19.9
3-Pack
$29.9
3 reports

Three reports for $29.9 — a third of the $49 a desktop audit costs elsewhere.

Buy — $29.9
Pro Monthly
$99
30 reports/mo

For sourcing agents and high-volume buyers. Includes priority delivery and direct agent support.

Subscribe — $99/mo

Recent audit reports

Real reports from the database, including the ones that came back inconclusive. Grade D here means the record does not support the claim — not that the data was missing.

Jieyang Youkong Technology Co., Ltd.

Grade D
Social Security Staff
0 staff
Registered Capital
¥500,000 RMB
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Questions buyers ask before they wire a deposit

Straight answers on how the check works, and where it stops.

How do I tell a real 1688 factory from a trading company?

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Read the social security headcount in the supplier's annual report filed with the State Administration for Market Regulation. Where the entity discloses 0, that is legally inconsistent with running a factory, because insured employment is what production staffing consists of. A figure of 50 or more is consistent with a small workshop. Cross-check the registered business scope for manufacturing language, and check whether the registered address is an industrial unit or a shared office. A headcount that was never disclosed is inconclusive, not evidence of zero employees.

What does social security headcount actually mean?

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It is the number of employees an entity reported as insured through China's social insurance system. It is the only supplier metric that cannot be bought, rented or staged, because it is filed with a regulator and published whether or not it flatters the company. Social security disclosure is a non-mandatory filing item, so many entities publish no figure at all — which is why a disclosed zero and a missing figure have to be read as two different findings.

Why does my screening tool say a real factory has zero employees?

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Because the figure was never filed. Social security disclosure is a non-mandatory item in the annual report, so most entities publish no number at all. Aggregators that resell registry data usually expose that as a null, and null is awkward to handle — it breaks arithmetic, breaks sorting, and breaks any grading scheme that expects a number. The path of least resistance is to default it to zero, and from that point on a missing figure is indistinguishable from a disclosed zero. Every manufacturer whose filing happened not to carry the field gets reported as a shell. We report it as 'not disclosed' and grade it as insufficient data instead, because a false accusation costs a supplier a contract and the buyer still has no evidence either way.

What data does a background check cover?

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Three layers. China's National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System for registration status, capital, establishment date, legal representative, business scope, penalties and court records. Official social security filings for the workforce disclosure. Platform standing where available: verification tier, years trading, repeat-purchase rate. Where a decisive field is missing, the grade is reported as insufficient data rather than as a negative finding.

Is a Chengxin Tong or Gold Supplier badge proof of a factory?

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They are tiers of participation rather than grades of manufacturing. Chengxin Tong (Super Factory) is the higher tier and includes a capacity assessment; Gold Supplier is a commercial programme covering registration and trading history; TrustPass is basic business registration. None substitutes for the entity's own regulatory filings, and none is tied to the entity named on your purchase order unless you check that separately.