Secondary path · Existing supplier
Verify an Existing China Supplier Before You Commit
Secondary path inside China sourcing: when you already have a factory contact, we authenticate licenses, assess capability, and report back in Australia. Looking for new suppliers first? Start on services or a priority industry page.
- Business-license & identity authentication
- Capability and export-history audit
- Pre-shipment quality inspection
Secondary path in China sourcing
This page supports visit or verify — not the primary commercial offer
Primary path for Australian businesses is finding and vetting new suppliers in China. Use this page when you already have a factory contact to assess. For end-to-end agent support (shortlist through shipment), use the China sourcing agent service. For multi-service comparison, start on services or a priority industry page.
Find and vet new suppliers · Visit or verify an existing supplier
Priority industry landings
- AV & LightingFind and vet China AV and lighting suppliers for Australian projects.Open industry page
- Construction MaterialsSource building materials with AS/NZS, NCC, and WaterMark risk in view.Open industry page
- Agricultural MachineryFind farm-equipment suppliers that can clear Australian biosecurity.Open industry page
1,200+
Pre-screened factories
25+
Provinces covered
1,000+
Verified business licenses
180+
Audited super factories
Why it matters
A deposit wired to the wrong supplier is the hardest money to get back
A$227 million
Lost by Australian businesses to payment-redirection scams in a single year — small and micro businesses were hit hardest.
Maker vs middleman
Many factories online are intermediaries reselling another plant's output. Verifying the license and capability is how you tell them apart.
China is #1
China is Australia's largest source of imports — A$130 billion in goods a year. At that scale, due diligence is not optional.
How this secondary-path verification works
License & Identity Authentication
We confirm the unified social credit code, legal status, and registered business scope — so you know the company you are paying actually exists and is allowed to do what it claims.
Capability & Export-History Audit
We assess equipment, workforce, certifications, and verified export history, then benchmark the supplier against comparable factories in our database — separating real manufacturers from trading companies.
Pre-Shipment Quality Inspection
Before the balance of your money leaves Australia, we inspect goods against your specification on the factory floor and deliver a documented report you can act on.
Why us
Every check is measured against real, comparable factories
We maintain a proprietary database of more than 1,200 pre-screened Chinese factories. So when a supplier makes a claim, we test it against the genuine spread of plants making the same product — not against their own sales pitch.
- More than 70% of our verified factories cluster in Guangdong and Zhejiang.
- Over 1,000 carry a verified unified social credit code.
- 160-plus were established before 2010 — a signal of operating longevity.
Built for what Australia actually imports
Our factory coverage is concentrated in the categories Australia buys most from China — so verification is grounded in the products you are most likely sourcing.
Supplier Verification FAQs
Need secondary-path verification for a known supplier?
Tell us the existing factory and product. We'll scope verification as a support step — primary China sourcing still starts with finding and vetting new suppliers.
- Business-license & identity authentication
- Capability and export-history audit
- Pre-shipment quality inspection