China Authority of Industry and Commerce

Most of China Authority of Industry and Commerce (AIC) have websites, such as Beijing AIC Office and Shanghai AIC Office etc.. On these websites, visitors can check out a company's simple AIC information free, such as registration number, legal person, registraton address and business scope etc.. But no AIC websites offer services in English.

In China mainland, companies invested by domestic capital needn't register a comapny name in English, so they can creat or translate their names into English as they like. In China mainland, all legal companies need a company name in Chinese and only foreign or sino-foreign companies register company name in English.

Below are some websites of AIC offices at defferent levels

a. Beijing AIC\ Beijing Credit Website: http://qyxy.baic.gov.cn/
b. Shanghai AIC: http://www.sgs.gov.cn/sgs/v1/index.jsp
c. Shenzhen AIC: http://www.sgs.gov.cn/sgs/v1/index.jsp

(note: this is a very good website, as its online data base is very good.)

d. Zhejiang AIC: http://www.zjecredit.org/zjecredit/pages/search/tosearch.jsp?s=1
e. Guangzhou AIC: http://www.gzcredit.com/website/index.jsp


If you can find registration info of a company you are checking on these website, it means that the company has been registered in the local AIC Office, but does not mean the company has good credit.