Know exactly who you are dealing with in China — before the money moves.
Independent supplier verification, due diligence, factory audits and cross-border documents for importers, brands and procurement teams buying from China. Fixed fees, published prices, and we are never paid by the other side.
Credited in full against any service you go on to book.
What a verification report actually contains
- Registered entity, code, status and date established
- Registered business scope — and whether it permits manufacturing
- Manufacturer or trading company, with the reasoning
- Legal representative, shareholders and related entities
- Abnormal-operation listings and published enforcement records
- Whether the bank account they gave you matches the licensed entity — send us the details and we check it
- Findings graded: verified, consistent, or unverifiable
- Sources named, with the date we retrieved them
Which of these is your week?
Four buyer situations, each carrying different risks. Pick the closest one and the page sets out the checks that matter for it.
Marketplace & DTC sellers
The low-value parcel channel closed and you are now importing in bulk for the first time.
This is meImporters & product brands
You buy from China at real volume, with no office there and no one neutral checking.
This is meProcurement & compliance teams
A customer, an auditor or a regulator wants documented evidence about your Chinese suppliers.
This is meBrands entering China
You are selling into China, or about to, and need to decide the structure before you commit.
This is meIndependent supplier verification, paid for by the client alone
Based in the Zhejiang manufacturing belt
Registered in Wenzhou, in one of China’s densest private manufacturing regions. Within roughly two hours: low-voltage electrical at Yueqing, auto and motorcycle parts at Ruian, pumps and valves at Yongjia, footwear in Lucheng, eyewear and locks in Ouhai. Yiwu and the port at Ningbo are about two and a half. Walking a factory is a drive, not a project.
One point of contact, both languages
You brief once, in your language. We handle the Mandarin side — registries, factories, counters, counterparties — and report back in writing, in yours.
We only do what we are licensed to do
We advise, verify, prepare, coordinate and translate. Where the law reserves work for a licensed firm — legal, accounting, trademark filing, recruitment — we say so and introduce one.
Fixed fees, and we are paid by you alone
Every engagement is scoped and priced before it starts. We take no commission from any supplier, distributor or provider we introduce, and we disclose any referral fee in writing.
Manufacturing clusters we cover, and what each one makes
Verifying a supplier is easier when the factory is a drive away. Each page sets out what the cluster makes, the problems specific to that category, and what to check before you order.
Yueqing (Liushi) 乐清·柳市
Circuit breakers, contactors, relays, switchgear, terminal blocks, sockets and cable accessories.
About 1 hourRuian 瑞安
Vehicle electrical parts, lighting, filters, brake components, fasteners, wiring harnesses and trim.
About 45 minutesYongjia (Oubei) 永嘉·瓯北
Ball, gate, butterfly and check valves, industrial and domestic pumps, fittings and manifolds.
About 40 minutesLucheng 鹿城
Leather and synthetic footwear, components, and garment production.
In the city — minutes awayOuhai 瓯海
Optical frames and sunglasses; locks, cylinders and builders’ hardware.
About 30 minutesMost-ordered China supplier checks and documents
Supplier Registry Check
The 24-hour answer to “is this company real?”
Supplier Due Diligence & Verification
Verify a Chinese supplier before you pay
Contract Counterparty Check
Is the company on the contract the company you think — and whose account is that?
Certificate & Test-Report Verification
Is that CE certificate real, current, and for your model?
Bilingual Contract Version Check
Do the Chinese and English versions say the same thing?
Document Notarisation & Apostille
Corporate documents recognised across a border
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- Is my Chinese supplier a factory or a trading company?
- What does an Alibaba Gold Supplier badge actually mean?
- My Chinese supplier changed their bank details by email — is it a scam?
- Can I still ship low-value parcels from China duty-free?
- Do I need a Chinese company to sell in China?
The questions people ask before they trust us
Reasonable questions to ask a Chinese company you found in a search result. We would ask them too.
How do I know you are a real company?
Search our Unified Social Credit Code, 91330302MAKLC8FT2R, on China’s National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System at gsxt.gov.cn. You will find Wenzhou Yimi Information Consulting Co., Ltd., registered in Lucheng District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang. It is exactly the check we tell clients to run on any Chinese supplier, and we publish step-by-step instructions for running it on us.
Do you take commission from suppliers?
No. We are paid by the client and by nobody else. We take no commission, rebate, margin or finder’s fee from any supplier, distributor, agency or provider we introduce, we do not take title to goods, and if a referral fee is ever offered to us we disclose it to you in writing before you decide anything.
Are you a law firm or an accounting firm?
Neither, deliberately. We are business consultants. We advise on structure and strategy, coordinate registration, run searches and verification, produce content and websites, and project-manage the licensed professionals — Chinese lawyers, licensed accounting firms, CNIPA-registered trademark agencies, customs brokers — where the law requires one.
How do you charge, and how do I pay?
Fixed fees, scoped and agreed in writing before work starts, with our prices published on the pricing page. Fixed-price items cost exactly what is shown; items marked “from” depend on scope, and you get a fixed quote in writing before anything begins. Payment is by PayPal or international bank transfer to an account in our registered company name. Official and third-party fees are passed through at cost and shown separately. Our bank details never change by email.
What currency do you invoice in?
US dollars. If you prefer to settle in RMB, we convert at the RMB central parity rate published by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System under the authority of the People’s Bank of China on the invoice date.
Do you handle visas, work permits or immigration?
No. We do not provide, and will not accept instructions for, any service relating to visas, residence permits, work permits, stay permits, immigration, emigration, study abroad or overseas employment — for China or for any other country. That includes paid consultation on those topics. What we do provide is listed in full, with prices, on our services page.
Not sure which engagement fits?
Book a 45-minute consult. We map your situation to the right process, tell you honestly what is and is not possible, and give you a fixed fee. No obligation.