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Chinese Business Documents Explained
Explore every corporate document, dataset, and regulatory filing used to verify Chinese companies. Each section references the actual fields returned by QinCheck reports—covering registration, ownership, annual reports, litigation, enforcement, tax, and operational risk.
- • Business license, USCC, and registration datasets
- • Shareholders, legal representatives, and capital filings
- • Annual report, employee, and address verification data
- • Litigation, enforcement, tax, and compliance records
Where the data comes from
QinCheck pulls directly from SAMR, provincial AMRs, court databases, tax authorities, ICP registries, and IP databases. Every dataset is normalized inside our multi-section JSON output, so procurement, finance, and legal teams can trace each fact back to an official filing.
Below is a breakdown of the key documents and the exact fields our reports expose. Use these references when comparing the data you receive from suppliers versus official filings.
Business license (营业执照)
What you see in the report
- Legal name and Unified Social Credit Code
- Status (active, revoked, deregistered, abnormal)
- Operating period, establishment date, and latest issue date
- Company type, scale, industry classification, and registration authority
- Registered address and history of previous names
Shows the company is registered with SAMR and whether recent changes might hide risk. In our reports this displays exactly as you see on the QinCheck registration cards.
Unified Social Credit Code (USCC)
What you see in the report
- Full 18-digit identifier decoded into region and entity type
- Automated checksum validation to catch fake or mistyped numbers
- Status label and issuing authority to match the license
Appears alongside the business license in our UI and allows you to confirm that the company presenting documents is the same entity registered with the government.
Annual reports (年报)
What you see in the report
- Reporting year, contact info, website, and address confirmations
- Employee counts, social security contributions, and staffing trends
- Self-reported assets, guarantees, and related party investments
- Business scope narrative and whether the filing was on time
Displayed in the “Annual Report” cards with callouts when a company skips filings or declines to disclose key figures.
Shareholders & legal representative
What you see in the report
- Shareholder names, contribution amounts, dates, and investment type
- Legal representative biography and other companies they control
- Change history when ownership is restructured
Visualized in ownership tables so you can see who controls the company, whether there are state-linked investors, or if the legal rep appears in risky entities.
Address & operational data
What you see in the report
- Registered address with map context and verification status
- Notes on relocations, branch closures, or abnormal operations tags
- Phone/email consistency checks to catch mismatched identities
Matches the address panels in our reports where we highlight whether the site is an industrial park, virtual office, or unverified location.
Employee & tax profile
What you see in the report
- Headcount ranges, ratio of female employees, and key departments
- Social security contributions and payment history
- Taxpayer ratings and special VAT status when available
Provides context on factory scale, payroll obligations, and whether tax filings support the production volumes claimed by the supplier.
Risk, litigation, and enforcement
What you see in the report
- Court cases, enforcement actions, and announcements
- Amounts owed, dates, and whether judgments remain unpaid
- Administrative penalties, blacklist entries, and dishonest executor status
These populate the risk timeline in our reports so you can see if issues are recent, repeated, or financially material.
Intellectual property & marketing filings
What you see in the report
- Trademark registrations, classes, and ownership
- Advertisement filings on major Chinese platforms with approval dates
Helps determine whether the supplier owns the brands they sell or is acting as an unauthorized reseller.
Example entity snapshot (anonymized)
Entity: 深圳市某某科技有限公司
USCC: 91440300MA5XXXXXX (checksum valid)
Status: 存续 (Active)
Type: 有限责任公司 (Manufacturing LLC)
Legal representative: Zhang Wei
Shareholders: 2 individuals with majority stakes
Registered capital: ¥5,000,000
Address: 深圳市宝安区工业园 (verified on-site)
Business scope: Electronics manufacturing + sales
Annual reports: Filed 2021–2024 with consistent employee counts
Litigation: 0 cases, no enforcement records
Risk assessment: No red flags detected; data aligns with claimed operations.
FAQ: Chinese business documents
Where does QINCheck source these documents?
We pull from SAMR, provincial AMRs, court databases, tax authorities, social security filings, ICP registries, trademark databases, and other regulators. Each dataset is normalized and timestamped.
Can I rely on just the business license?
No. The license proves identity, but you still need USCC validation, ownership, litigation, and operational evidence to understand risk.
How often are these documents updated?
Business licenses update whenever a company changes names, addresses, or shareholders. Annual reports are filed once per year. Litigation records update as cases move through the courts.
Can QINCheck provide the original Chinese documents?
Yes. Each report includes screenshots, PDF downloads when available, and bilingual translations so procurement, finance, and legal teams can audit the evidence.
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