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China Supplier Pre-Payment Evidence Checklist

Before you pay a China supplier, collect the evidence first: supplier identity, payment details, transaction terms, and screenshots.

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Collect before payment

Supplier profile link, marketplace, storefront name, English company name, and Chinese legal company name
Unified social credit code and business license screenshot if available
Proforma invoice, contract, bank beneficiary, account name, deposit percentage, and balance trigger
Product specs, quote, packaging, labeling, carton size, MOQ, sample terms, lead time, and warranty terms
Incoterm, shipping quote, customs responsibility, destination, and freight-forwarder details
Inspection agreement, packing list, commercial invoice, photos, videos, and chat screenshots

Use it to decide

The checklist helps you choose whether to proceed, proceed only with conditions, pause and request more evidence, use a specialist, or not pay yet.

This is not legal advice, official verification, inspection, or a guarantee that the supplier is safe.

Copy-and-paste supplier request

Before we arrange payment, please confirm and provide:

1. Your full Chinese legal company name.
2. Your unified social credit code.
3. Business license screenshot.
4. Proforma invoice under the same company name as the payment account.
5. Bank beneficiary details.
6. Exact product specifications included in this quote.
7. Packaging, labeling, carton size, and gross weight.
8. Incoterm and what the price includes.
9. Whether third-party inspection is accepted before final payment.
10. What happens if inspection finds defects before shipment.

Want reusable worksheets for the next step?

Start with the free checklist, then use the $49 DIY Toolkit when you want reusable scorecards, supplier question scripts, and company-identity worksheets.

Download Evidence Checklist Get the DIY Toolkit $99 Identity Review

What the free checklist does

Use it first to gather the raw evidence before you judge the supplier. It is intentionally lightweight: collect documents, screenshots, names, bank details, product terms, inspection terms, and chat promises in one place.

The useful sequence is: collect evidence first, then use the deeper worksheets only if the order still looks worth considering.

When to upgrade

Use the $49 China Supplier Risk Toolkit when you want the full DIY process: 60-point checklist, filled example, risk scorecard, payment-account worksheet, PI red flags, sample-to-bulk checks, 12-pattern risk library, and the Company Identity Module.
Use the $99 China Company Identity Review if you do not want to research and document one mainland China company yourself.

The free checklist is for evidence collection and basic guidance. It does not include the full DIY judgment tools from the paid Toolkit.