Guides
Plain-English guides to Chinese company records and how Canton Check reads them
Chinese company types explained
Legal forms, ownership and liability for supplier contracts.
The Unified Social Credit Code (USCC)
Read the 18-character code that identifies a mainland supplier.
Registration statuses and official lists
Understand active, dissolved and revoked registrations.
Chinese company names, pinyin and translation
Match informal English names to the exact Chinese legal entity.
Factory or trading company?
Interpret manufacturing signals without mistaking them for proof.
Court, enforcement and credit records
Read lawsuits, enforcement orders and tax-credit ratings in context.