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China Sourcing Hub

Twelve months to your first container — without losing your deposit.

Most first orders fail before the goods are made: the supplier was a trader, the contract was never stamped, the money left too early. The programme fixes that order of operations, with a lawyer of the Shanghai Bar on the file.

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Tier 2 · Partner

Do it with a safety net

You have a product idea and a budget. You need the sequence, the documents and a second pair of eyes.

1 900 €for 12 months · VAT added at checkout where applicable
  • The three live sessions, replays included
  • Private community, questions answered in the thread
  • One purchase contract translated and officially stamped
  • Your main supplier verified before your first payment
  • Canton Fair cohort, April 2027 — membership advantage, not a product
Apply for Tier 2

Tier 3 · Expert

Do it with someone on the line

You are already buying, or the order is large enough that a mistake costs more than the programme.

4 900 €for 12 months · VAT added at checkout where applicable
  • Everything in Tier 2
  • Four private calls with the expert of the moment
  • Two contracts translated and stamped
  • Answers within 48 hours, on the working days
Apply for Tier 3

Both tiers run on the same rule: nothing is signed, paid or shipped before the step in front of it is closed. Prices in euros; the renminbi floats, the price does not.

What the verification actually is

It is not a background check bought online. It is one page, signed by a lawyer of the Shanghai Bar, and it answers a single question: the company you are about to wire money to — does it exist, and is it what it claims to be?

Check 01

The registry

Registration date, status, legal representative, registered capital against the size of your order.

Check 02

The licence

Manufacturer or trader — read from the business scope, not from the sales pitch. And the name on the licence must be the person talking to you.

Check 03

The site

A visit to the address on the register. It is the only way to know that the plant is where the paper says it is.

Why this order, and not another

A trademark filed after the factory knows your name is a trademark the factory can own. A deposit sent before the site visit is a deposit you have given away. The sequence is the product.