Disclosure: Yiwu Lian has a commercial interest in introducing SUPROOF. This article is an educational guide and service introduction, not an independent review or a guarantee of any transaction outcome.
Before placing an order with a Chinese seller, a store name or WeChat contact is not enough. The practical question is: which legal company is actually entering the transaction, and what evidence do you have about it? A company check is not a substitute for every stage of sourcing. Its purpose is to organize available information, identify inconsistencies early, and help you decide what needs to be checked next.
In this guide, "company information" means available registration data, commercial evidence, and documents you are authorized to share. It does not mean access to private bank balances, confidential transaction histories, employee messages, or every piece of non-public information about a business.
1. Identify the correct legal company first
Ask the seller for the full legal company name in Chinese and a clear copy of the business license. If available, record the Unified Social Credit Code as well. The English brand name, store name, and legal entity name may be different, so a similar-looking name is not enough to establish a match.
China's National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (GSXT) is one official route for checking public company information. Search availability and the amount of visible data can vary, so the result should be read in context. This article does not present a verification result for any specific supplier.
2. Build a short input file before you check
Put the key items in one place: the Chinese legal name, the English name being used, business license, stated address, website or marketplace link, product name, proforma invoice, and the name of the company issuing the contract or invoice. If something is missing, mark it as "not received" rather than guessing.
For example, a seller may describe itself as a factory while the proforma invoice is issued by a trading company. That difference does not by itself prove misconduct. The next question is how the two companies are related, who manufactures the goods, who sells them, and who is responsible for the order. This is a training example, not a real Yiwu Lian or SUPROOF case.
3. What role can SUPROOF play?
According to SUPROOF's current public service description, the platform is designed to help buyers review suppliers before payment. Its company-check scope may include identity and registration information, address and contact consistency, business-scope relevance, payment-beneficiary name consistency, and indicators of naming or document discrepancies.
That list describes the service scope advertised by SUPROOF; it is not a promise that every data point will be available for every company. A digital company profile and a human-reviewed supplier check should also be treated as different levels of work. Automated tools can help collect and compare information, while the final scope and interpretation depend on the service selected and the evidence available.
4. Ask a specific question instead of "Is this company safe?"
A better request is specific: Does the legal name on the business license match the company on the proforma invoice? Is there evidence connecting the stated production address to the supplier? Are there unresolved inconsistencies that should be clarified before payment?
Only provide documents that you have the right to share. Before ordering a verification service, confirm the current scope, price, expected output, and any exclusions directly on the service page.
5. Know what a company check does not prove
A valid registration record does not guarantee the quality of a future shipment. A registered address does not prove that the required equipment, raw materials, capacity, or production controls are present at that location.
SUPROOF's published terms also do not turn a company check into a guarantee of product quality, delivery, financial strength, or transaction success. A useful report should help you separate documented information, seller claims, and unresolved questions.
Depending on what remains uncertain, the next step may be requesting more documents, approving a sample, arranging a factory assessment, or inspecting the goods before shipment. Buying a report does not replace those decisions.
6. From company check to the next action
Prepare the supplier's Chinese legal name and the documents you already have, then review the current company-check options at:
https://suproof.com/?utm_source=yiwulian&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=supplier_verification&utm_content=company_lookup
SUPROOF terms:
https://suproof.com/terms
China National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System:
https://www.gsxt.gov.cn/
For local coordination and factory-assessment planning with Yiwu Lian:
https://yiwulian.org/services/factory-assessment
The goal is a better-documented buying decision, not a blanket "safe" label based on a single result.