China eKYB API: Free Business License Verification Trial
Looking for a China business license verification API you can evaluate before integration? QCC offers a free trial of its China eKYB API through Developer Hub, helping your team test how a submitted license connects to a registered company.
A merchant uploads a Chinese business license. Your team can read the company name and registration number, but still needs to establish whether the document corresponds to a real company and whether its information matches the registry record.
QCC's China eKYB API helps connect that uploaded license with company verification. It supports business license validation for China Mainland, giving onboarding teams a way to check the submitted document against company records within their verification workflow.
You can try the CN eKYB API for free through QCC Developer Hub. Open the API Reference, sign in or register, and use the available trial calls to evaluate the service before building an integration.
Quick Answer: What Does the Free eKYB Trial Offer?
The CN eKYB API is QCC's real-time business license verification service for China Mainland. It is designed to validate a submitted license against registry records, helping teams move from a document supplied by an applicant to a company identity they can review.
- Explore the service: review the CN eKYB API Reference and its current specifications.
- Test online: use the Developer Hub's Try it experience before writing integration code.
- Evaluate with free trial calls: check the allowance and access available in your account.
- Plan the workflow: decide how verification results should support onboarding and manual review.
The free trial is a practical way to assess fit. Available calls, validity and access conditions are shown in the Developer Hub; ongoing usage follows the applicable account plan.
Why Business License OCR Is Only the Starting Point
OCR helps extract text from a document. That can reduce retyping, but reading a company name does not establish whether the submitted details agree with the company's registration record.
This distinction matters when a sales representative provides a license belonging to a different group entity, an applicant submits an older document, or a trading name differs from the company that will sign the contract. An onboarding process needs a way to connect the document to the intended counterparty.
QCC's China eKYB approach brings license processing and company-record validation into the same verification journey. The business value is a clearer basis for deciding which applications can move to the next check and which need additional evidence.
From a License Image to a Company Match in One API
The CN eKYB API accepts a business license image URL and returns results for distinct processing stages. When image quality and extracted information are sufficient, the workflow moves from document processing to QCC company-record verification:
- Image quality check: assess whether the image contains a complete, recognizable business license with sufficient clarity.
- OCR extraction: recognize company information such as the Unified Social Credit Code, Chinese company name, legal representative and registered address.
- Authenticity and image risk assessment: review available credential-risk results and image signals such as tampering, screen recapture, screenshots and watermarks.
- QCC company-record verification: match the extracted details to QCC records, assess consistency and identify mismatched fields.
A returned company identifier can help connect the matched entity with subsequent research. Separating these stages also gives reviewers a clearer explanation of what happened: an unreadable image, insufficient extracted information and a company mismatch require different actions.
The trial lets your team inspect these outcomes before designing approval rules. Successful processing should be reviewed alongside the actual consistency and risk results; it is not an automatic onboarding approval.
How the China Business License Verification API Supports Onboarding
Connect a Submitted License with a Company Record
The submitted license becomes an input to verification, rather than simply a file attached to the application. By checking it against company records, teams can assess whether the document and the business being onboarded refer to the same legal entity.
This is particularly useful when different teams handle document collection, compliance review and account creation. A consistent company identity gives those teams a common starting point.
Identify Cases That Need Closer Review
A discrepancy should lead to a defined next step. Depending on the result and your policy, that may mean requesting a clearer image, asking for updated documentation or confirming which group company is applying.
Use the trial to examine the actual responses and decide how your team will handle each outcome. The API supplies verification evidence; your business sets the acceptance and escalation rules.
Bring Verification into the Onboarding Process
An API makes it possible to place license verification within a merchant, supplier or business-customer application flow. Teams can assess the response while the application is being reviewed, rather than managing the document and company check as disconnected tasks.
For developers, the reference page provides the place to review request requirements and returned results. For product and compliance teams, the online test makes it easier to agree on expected behavior before implementation.
Where Can You Use China eKYB?
Marketplace and Merchant Onboarding
For platforms onboarding businesses from China Mainland, the license upload is an opportunity to establish the merchant's legal identity early. eKYB can support the check between receiving the application and progressing to ownership, risk and payment reviews.
For example, if the store operates under an English brand, the onboarding team still needs to identify the registered company behind it. The verified entity should become the subject of subsequent checks.
Payment and Financial Services
Business account and payment-service applications often require evidence of company registration. License verification can help teams assess the company information supplied by the applicant before moving to other required checks.
Authorized representative verification, beneficial ownership research and AML screening remain separate parts of the wider process. eKYB provides an identity foundation for those reviews.
Supplier and Vendor Registration
Procurement teams can use license verification when registering a supplier or reviewing a new contracting entity. The key question is whether the license relates to the company named in the proposed commercial relationship.
After identity verification, teams can compare the contract and beneficiary details and investigate operating capability where needed. Company registration alone does not establish manufacturing capacity or delivery performance.
How to Start Your Free China eKYB API Trial
1. Open the CN eKYB API Reference
Go directly to the China eKYB API trial and reference page. Review the service description and the specifications available to your account.
2. Register or Sign In
Create a Developer Hub account or sign in with an account that has API access. Follow the self-service trial activation steps shown in the platform and check your available allowance.
If you already use another QCC service, confirm that your account has Developer Hub access. The support page explains account access and available assistance.
3. Prepare a Suitable Test Case
Use a business license you are authorized to process and provide its accessible image URL. The current reference accepts supported image files up to 10 MB; Base64 image content is not supported by this endpoint. Choose a clear, complete image and an initial case whose company details you already know, so your team can assess the response against a clear expectation.
4. Run the Online Test
Use Try it to complete the required inputs and review the response. Check the selected environment and displayed trial or billing information before submitting. You can evaluate the online workflow before building your own test interface.
5. Decide How Results Will Drive Review
Agree on what happens after the API responds: progress to the next check, request more evidence or route the application for review. Record the result alongside the applicant's company identity so later checks use the same entity.
What Should You Evaluate During the Trial?
A useful trial should answer a small set of practical questions about your onboarding process:
- Can applicants provide the required license input through your existing document journey?
- Can reviewers understand the verification response and determine the next action?
- Can the verified company identity be carried into your customer or merchant record?
- Are exceptions routed to a named review team rather than automatically approved?
- Does the process work for the types of businesses and documents you intend to onboard?
Start with a small, representative set of cases. Include straightforward submissions and cases that need clarification. Measure review effort and the handling of exceptions before setting production approval rules.
Extend Verified Company Identity into KYB and AML
Once you have established which company the license relates to, you can use that identity as the starting point for additional due diligence. Depending on your requirements, this may include beneficial ownership identification, AML screening, company reports and ongoing monitoring.
The sequence matters: first establish the legal entity, then assess the ownership and risks associated with it. A successful license check supports that process; it does not replace the complete onboarding decision.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I try QCC's China eKYB API for free?
Yes. CN eKYB is included among the self-service APIs available for free trial through QCC Developer Hub. Sign in and follow the trial activation steps to view your available allowance.
Do I need to integrate the API before testing?
No. Developer Hub provides an online Try it experience so you can submit the required inputs and inspect the response before building an integration.
Is the free trial the same as unlimited free verification?
No. The trial uses an allowance for evaluation. Check your account for available calls, validity and the terms for continued usage.
Does the CN eKYB API cover Hong Kong companies?
This service is intended for business licenses from China Mainland. For Hong Kong and other jurisdictions, review the relevant company-data and verification services in the Developer Hub.
Does license verification complete all KYB requirements?
No. Additional checks depend on your business and applicable requirements, including ownership, representative authority and relevant AML risks.
Start Your Free China Business License Verification Trial
QCC's China eKYB API helps turn a submitted business license into a company-verification step within your onboarding process. The free trial lets your team review the experience, examine the response and plan how it will work in your own application flow.
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