Yes. For buyers who source from the same Chinese suppliers repeatedly, a one-time check is not always sufficient — company status, ownership, legal representative, and court records can change between orders. We offer periodic re-verification for existing supplier relationships, typically on a quarterly or annual basis depending on order frequency and risk level. This is particularly relevant if your supplier is critical to your supply chain, if you are placing high-value orders, or if your industry has compliance requirements that demand documented supplier due diligence. Contact us via WhatsApp or the contact form and we can discuss a monitoring arrangement that fits your situation and budget.

No — and in many cases it is still very much worth doing. If the balance payment has not been made, a verification or inspection gives you documented grounds to negotiate, delay payment, or walk away before committing the remaining funds. If production is underway, a factory inspection can catch quality or capacity problems while there is still time to address them — before the goods are finished and shipped. Even if the order is complete, a supplier risk report on a company you intend to work with again is a sound investment. The most useful time to verify is before any money moves, but the second most useful time is right now, whatever stage you are at.

Because documents supplied by the supplier are not independent evidence — they are self-reported. Business licenses in China can be forged, altered, expired, or belong to a different entity with a similar name. ISO certificates can be borrowed from another company, photoshopped, or issued by an unaccredited body. We have seen all of these scenarios. What we do is verify the document against the official source: we check the registration number in the government database, confirm the legal status is currently active, verify that the registered business scope actually covers what they are selling you, and confirm the legal representative matches. If the certificate is genuine, the verification will confirm it. If something is off, you will know before it costs you money.

Our factory inspection report is a structured PDF document that covers: facility overview and physical address confirmation; production floor assessment including equipment condition, machinery age, and production line count; workforce headcount on the day of the visit; raw material and finished goods storage conditions; quality control processes observed; evidence of subcontracting or outsourcing; health and safety conditions; and a section on whether the facility matches what the supplier has claimed in terms of size, capability, and product scope. Every report includes timestamped photographs of key areas — exterior, production floor, equipment, storage, and signage. The report closes with a plain-language summary of findings and any concerns worth flagging before you place your order. You can view a sample report on our Sample Report page before deciding.

Company verifications and supplier risk reports can be conducted for any registered Chinese business regardless of location — the official databases we use are national. For factory inspections, we cover all major manufacturing provinces and cities including Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Shandong, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hebei, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and more. If you have a supplier in a less common location, contact us and we will confirm availability and estimated scheduling time. We do not limit ourselves to the obvious manufacturing hubs — if a factory exists and can be reached, we can inspect it.

Alibaba shows you what the supplier wants you to see — their best photos, their claimed        certifications, their self-reported transaction history. Tianyancha and similar platforms        show raw Chinese-language data that most international buyers cannot read, interpret, or        cross-reference without local expertise. What we do is different on both counts. We pull        data from official government registration systems and judicial databases, verify it against        multiple sources, cross-reference ownership structures and legal representative histories,        flag inconsistencies that a database alone would not catch, and deliver everything in clear        English with a plain-language risk summary. For factory inspections, we go further —        putting a real person inside the facility to document what actually exists on the ground,        not what the supplier uploaded to a profile three years ago.