Five Tips to Conduct a Company’s Background Check-Part I

More and more companies from overseas tend to conduct business with Chinese companies. International companies usually don’t conduct a full background check before signing contracts with Chinese companies. Therefore, it can cause serious risks and damage.

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1. Investigation of enterprise business registration information

1.1 National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System of the State Administration for Market Regulation

URL: http://www.gsxt.gov.cn/index.html

This system contains the basic registration information of any registered companies, including the company’s unified social credit code, legal representative, type of the company, registered capital, date of establishment, residence place, operating period, business scope, registration authority, operating status, information of investors, the company's main executives, branches information, liquidation information, and administrative punishment information.

1.2 China Organization Data Service

URL:https://www.cods.org.cn/

You can find and print a scanned copy of the organization code certificate here. In addition, you can also check the organization’s qualifications by checking their code certificate of social organizations (such as industry associations, etc.).