China supplier verification memo

The name used in chat is an English storefront brand. Its connection to the licensed entity, 佛山市顺德区示例家具有限公司 (Foshan Shunde Example Furniture Co., Ltd.), has not been documented in this example. Different brand and legal names alone do not establish wrongdoing.

The WeChat / WhatsApp number differs from the contact number in the registry filing. It may belong to sales staff; the buyer should confirm that the contact is authorized to act for the licensed entity.

The registered address is a Lecong commercial mall in Shunde, not a Longjiang industrial park address of the kind usually associated with furniture manufacturing.

The entity was established in March 2024. That conflicts with a claim of ten years of export history for this legal entity.

Subscribed and paid-in capital differ in this example. These figures alone do not establish current cash, solvency, or the ability to fulfill this order.

The registered entity’s business scope contains wholesale and retail activities. Manufacturing terms were not found.

The factory claim needs clarification. Business-scope wording alone does not establish where production occurs or who operates the factory.

This finding does not rule out manufacturing through a related or subcontracted entity.

Request the legal name and business license of the entity operating the factory, then match it against the contract and bank beneficiary.

The registered address type is a furniture mall, not an industrial park (工业区 / 工业园).

The latest annual report lists a social-insurance headcount of 3. That is a filing figure, not a census of all staff.

The filed headcount does not substantiate the claim of “300 workers.” Ask which entity employs them; this filing alone cannot establish the factory’s actual workforce.

Shareholders (股东): 张某 90%, 李某 10%, largely subscribed rather than paid-in.

Same-representative graph: four other companies under 张某 — three cancelled, one Guangzhou trading company still live. Multiple cancelled or short-lived related entities warrant further scrutiny before a deposit is paid.

The phone number given to the buyer is listed on two other live trading companies.

No material outbound investment (对外投资) was found under this entity — no factory subsidiary sitting underneath on the public record.

Supervisor and manager roles are also filed as 张某. That is a control-concentration signal, not a finding that this is a one-person limited company (一人有限公司).

One small sales-contract judgment in 2025, this entity as defendant, about RMB 80,000, closed.

No upcoming hearings found. No enforcement record (被执行) found. Not listed as a dishonest debtor (失信). No consumption-limit (限高) record found.

No equity pledge (股权出质), equity freeze (股权冻结), abnormal-operations listing (经营异常名录), or published administrative penalty found. Status remains existing; no liquidation filing found.

An empty enforcement list does not mean it is safe to treat this entity as a factory. It means only that no current enforcement record was identified in the sources checked.

May 2026: legal representative (法定代表人) changed (previous name removed). April 2026: registered address moved from a residential tower to the Lecong mall.

Chat started asking for a 30% deposit in June 2026, shortly after the legal-representative change. The English brand used in WeChat still does not appear on the license.

No factory walk, no photos of a production line, and no AQL or other on-site quality work.

Whether a related or subcontracted entity actually manufactures the goods. That legal name was not provided.

Sanctions / entity-list screening was not run in this DEMO. A paid memo states whether a public-list check was run.

Unknown is written as unknown. A blocked court portal is never recorded as “no lawsuits.”

Pause payment until the factory operator’s identity and relationship to the contracting entity are explained and documented.

Ask for the manufacturer’s Chinese legal name and business license, then run the same check on that entity.

If you proceed with a trading company, clarify its contractual role and compare the supplied beneficiary details with the contracting entity. Resolve any mismatch before payment; a name match alone is not a guarantee of delivery.

On-site audit (SGS / QIMA or equivalent) only after the real factory name is on paper.