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Learn how to check a Hong Kong Business Registration Certificate, verify its expiry date, and confirm whether it supports reliable KYB verification.

Understand the difference between China’s 18-digit USCC and legacy company registration numbers, and learn which identifier to use for KYB verification.

Verify Chinese companies with China eKYB business verification, combining business license OCR, authenticity checks, registry matching, and KYB risk screening.

Learn what Active, Cancelled, Revoked and Abnormal Operations mean in a China company status check—and how each result affects KYB risk.

To check a Chinese business license, take the 18-character Unified Social Credit Code (USCC) printed on it and search that exact code on NECIPS — China's official National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System at gsxt.gov.cn. The returned legal name, status, and legal representative must match the license character-for-character. Any mismatch is a stop sign.

GSXT is China's National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, the official corporate registry operated by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) at www.gsxt.gov.cn. It lets anyone verify a Chinese company's registration status, Unified Social Credit Code, legal representative, registered address, business scope, and regulatory penalties for free.

The Cayman Islands is a leading domicile for investment funds and holding structures, so verifying a Cayman entity is a frequent requirement for compliance teams onboarding cross-border counterparties and fund vehicles.

The British Virgin Islands is one of the largest offshore incorporation centres in the world, so verifying a BVI entity is a routine but high-stakes step for any compliance team onboarding cross-border counterparties.

A Unified Social Credit Code (USCC) search verifies a Chinese company by entering its 18-character code into the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (GSXT). The result returns the registered legal name, status, legal representative, and registered capital, which must match the company's business license exactly.