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Practical insights on doing business in China — sourcing, inspection, and local support.
EXW, CIF or DDP From China: How to Compare Supplier Quotes
A lower China supplier quote is not always a lower total cost. This guide shows overseas buyers how to compare EXW, CIF and DDP quotations by looking beyond the product price and checking transport, customs, insurance, risk transfer, and remaining charges.
How to Verify Who Will Export Your China Order
The company you buy from, the factory that makes your goods, and the company that handles export may not always be the same. This guide explains how overseas buyers can identify the actual exporter and compare company roles across contracts, payment instructions, invoices, packing lists, and export documents.
How to Tell If a Chinese Supplier Is a Factory or a Trading Company
A Chinese supplier may present itself as a factory even when another company actually manufactures the products. This guide explains how overseas buyers can determine whether they are dealing with a manufacturer, a trading company, or a trading company working with a manufacturing partner by checking legal identity, production location, manufacturing evidence, and transaction documents.
Chinese Business License: What Should Overseas Buyers Check?
A Chinese business license can help overseas buyers confirm a supplier’s registered identity and basic company information, but it cannot prove that the company owns a factory, can produce the buyer’s products, or can export an order directly. This guide explains which fields matter, what each one tells you, and how to compare the license with quotations, contracts, payment details, factory information, and export documents.
Container Loading Supervision in China: What Should Buyers Check?
Container loading supervision helps overseas buyers verify what is actually loaded into a shipping container before it leaves China. This guide explains what should be checked before and during loading, what evidence buyers should receive, and what loading supervision can and cannot prove.
DUPRO Inspection in China: How During-Production Inspection Works
A DUPRO inspection gives overseas buyers a chance to check an order while production is still underway. This guide explains when to schedule a DUPRO inspection, what to check on the production floor, what problems it can reveal, and what buyers can still do when issues are found before the remaining units are completed.
How to Read AQL Sampling Results for China Factory Inspections
A practical guide for overseas buyers who receive an AQL-based China factory inspection report but are unsure how lot size, sample size, AQL, defect classifications, and Ac/Re work together. Learn what the numbers mean, how to read the result, and what a PASS actually tells you.
How to Choose a China Inspection Company: What Buyers Should Check
Choosing a China inspection company is not simply a matter of finding the lowest inspection fee. Overseas buyers should compare what the service actually covers, who will inspect the goods, how findings are documented, how independent the inspection is, what the quoted price includes, and what happens if problems are found.
When a Chinese Supplier Says “It’s a China Rule,” What Should You Verify?
Chinese suppliers sometimes explain a new requirement, restriction, cost, document, or order condition by saying “it’s a China rule.” For an overseas buyer, that phrase is not specific enough to support a business decision. This article explains how to break the explanation down, identify who actually requires something, ask for useful supporting information, and distinguish government requirements from customs, third-party, upstream, logistics, factory, or commercial conditions.
How to Review a Chinese Supplier's Performance After Each Order
A supplier that performs well on one order may not perform the same way six months later. This guide explains how overseas buyers can review Chinese supplier performance after every order, record evidence across quality, delivery, communication, changes, problem resolution, and documentation, then compare multiple orders to identify stable performance or emerging problems before deciding what to do with the next order.