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This guide contains public integration notes for China. Use it for identifier formats, search behavior, and country-specific caveats. The live source of truth for coverage, pricing, data sources, documents, legal forms, roles, and status values is the pricing page.

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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability
Example API Responses

Data Sources

China uses a single official data source. For a given entity, all company data is AI-extracted from a single PDF document: the Credit Information Report (信用信息报告) downloaded from the Credit China portal.

All entity types

Credit China (信用中国). Official national credit information platform operated by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in collaboration with the People’s Bank of China. The portal (creditchina.gov.cn) provides Credit Information Reports (信用信息报告) in PDF format. This is the sole data source for company profiles, legal representatives, and all structured attributes.

Data is retrieved via automated portal access. Requests can take several minutes to complete due to portal complexity.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Company Type	Source	Format	Example	Notes
All entities	Credit China	18 alphanumeric characters (USCC)	`91110000710926094P`	Unified Social Credit Code (统一社会信用代码)

USCC Format Breakdown: The 18-character Unified Social Credit Code follows the GB 32100-2015 standard:

Position 1: Registration management department code (e.g., 9 = industrial and commercial, 1 = government, 5 = civil affairs, Y = other)
Position 2: Organization category code (e.g., 1 = enterprise legal person, 2 = non-enterprise legal person, 3 = foreign entity)
Positions 3-8: Administrative division code (6 digits, e.g., 110000 = Beijing)
Positions 9-17: Entity identification code (9 alphanumeric characters, derived from the former organization code)
Position 18: Check digit (calculated using weighted modular arithmetic)

Characters I, O, S, V, Z are excluded to avoid confusion. The system validates USCC format with the regex: ^(?=.*[A-Z])[159Y][1239]\d{6}[0-9A-Z]{10}$

Identifiers in API Response

Once you retrieve company data, the identifiers object contains:

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Found In
`Unified Social Credit Code`	18 alphanumeric characters	`91110000710926094P`	All entities registered in China

The identifier key in the API response is Unified Social Credit Code (full English name), not an abbreviated key like uscc. This identifier is AI-extracted from the Credit Information Report and always corresponds to the query USCC.

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By USCC	18 alphanumeric characters	`9144030071526726XG`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By Chinese name	Chinese characters	`腾讯`	Fuzzy	Multiple results
By full Chinese name	Chinese characters	`腾讯科技(深圳)有限公司`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow

Search uses live portal access. Both identifier and name searches query the Credit China portal in real time. There is no pre-built search index. Search can take 1-3 minutes due to portal latency.

USCC validation is strict. The system validates the USCC format before attempting a search. If the input does not match the expected pattern (starts with [159Y][1239], followed by 6 digits and 10 alphanumeric characters), the search returns empty results immediately without hitting the portal. Invalid identifiers like 123456789012345678 will return no results.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
All data is AI-parsed from PDF	Unlike countries with structured APIs, all company data for China is extracted from a Credit Information Report PDF by AI. Data quality depends on PDF quality and AI parsing accuracy.
Processing time is high	Company profile requests are asynchronous and can take up to 7 minutes per attempt due to portal latency.
Single legal representative per company	Chinese Company Law mandates exactly one legal representative (法定代表人) per company. This differs from jurisdictions that allow multiple legal representatives.
Shareholders not yet available	Shareholder extraction has not been migrated to the Atlas request system. The API returns an empty shareholders array for all Chinese companies.
No UBO data	Ultimate Beneficial Owner information is not publicly available through the Credit China portal.
Business scope instead of activity codes	China has a national classification system (GB/T 4754) but the Credit Information Report provides free-text business scope (经营范围) rather than numeric codes. NACE and ISIC codes are therefore always AI-inferred.
No establishment data	Branch or subsidiary information is not extracted from the current data source.
USCC replaced 3 old identifiers in 2015	Before reforms in 2015, Chinese businesses needed separate IDs from SAIC (business permit), STA (tax ID), and AQSIQ (organization code). The USCC unified these into a single 18-character code. Legacy identifiers are not supported.

Mappings

Company Status

Company status is AI-extracted from the Credit Information Report (信用信息报告) PDF. The AI parser reads the status field from the document and maps it to a standardized status.

Local Status	English Translation	Standardized Status	Notes
存续	Existing / In Operation	Active	Company is registered and operating
在业	In Business	Active	Company is actively conducting business
开业	Open for Business	Active	Company has commenced operations
正常	Normal	Active	Normal operating status
迁出	Relocated Out	Active	Company relocated to another jurisdiction
吊销	Revoked	Closed	Business license revoked by authorities
注销	Deregistered	Closed	Voluntarily deregistered
撤销	Cancelled	Closed	Registration cancelled by authorities
停业	Ceased Operations	Closed	Company has ceased business operations
清算	In Liquidation	Under Insolvency Proceeding	Company is undergoing liquidation

Status is AI-extracted from the trade register extract PDF. The local Chinese status term is preserved verbatim and mapped to a standardized status. The isAIInferred flag on status reflects this AI extraction.

Legal Forms

China uses a variety of legal entity forms. Since company data is AI-extracted from the Credit Information Report PDF, the legal form is parsed from the document text. The mapping to standardized forms and ISO 20275 (ELF) codes is AI-enriched.

Legal form standardization and ISO 20275 assignment are AI-enriched. The local Chinese legal form name is preserved verbatim from the trade register extract. Because legal forms are AI-inferred, exact mappings may evolve.

Commercial Companies

Chinese Name	English Translation	Standardized	Notes
有限责任公司	Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company	Most common form for SMEs
股份有限公司	Company Limited by Shares	Corporation	Joint stock companies, including listed companies
有限责任公司(自然人投资或控股)	LLC (Natural Person Investment)	Limited Liability Company	Invested/controlled by individuals
有限责任公司(法人独资)	LLC (Sole Legal Person)	Limited Liability Company	Wholly owned by a legal person
有限责任公司(自然人独资)	LLC (Sole Natural Person)	Limited Liability Company	One-person LLC owned by an individual
有限责任公司(外商投资)	LLC (Foreign Investment)	Limited Liability Company	Foreign-invested enterprise (FIE)
有限责任公司(中外合资)	Sino-Foreign Joint Venture LLC	Limited Liability Company	Chinese-foreign equity joint venture
有限责任公司(外商合资)	Foreign Joint Venture LLC	Limited Liability Company	Multiple foreign investors
股份有限公司(上市)	Listed Company Limited by Shares	Corporation	Publicly listed corporation
股份有限公司(非上市)	Unlisted Company Limited by Shares	Corporation	Private joint stock company

Sole Entrepreneurs

Chinese Name	English Translation	Standardized
个体工商户	Individual Industrial and Commercial Household	Sole Proprietorship
个人独资企业	Sole Proprietorship Enterprise	Sole Proprietorship

Partnerships

Chinese Name	English Translation	Standardized
普通合伙企业	General Partnership	Partnership
有限合伙企业	Limited Partnership	Limited Partnership
特殊普通合伙企业	Special General Partnership	Partnership

Chinese Name	English Translation	Standardized
民办非企业单位	Private Non-Enterprise Unit	Nonprofit Organization
社会团体	Social Organization	Nonprofit Organization
基金会	Foundation	Nonprofit Organization

State-Owned & Public Entities

Chinese Name	English Translation	Standardized
全民所有制	State-Owned Enterprise (Wholly People-Owned)	Government-Owned Entity
集体所有制	Collectively-Owned Enterprise	Government-Owned Entity
国有独资公司	State-Owned Sole Proprietorship Company	Government-Owned Entity

Foreign Entities

Chinese Name	English Translation	Standardized
外国(地区)企业在中国境内从事生产经营活动	Foreign Enterprise Operating in China	Branch or Representative Office
外国(地区)企业常驻代表机构	Foreign Enterprise Representative Office	Branch or Representative Office

Legal Representatives

Legal representatives are AI-extracted from the Credit Information Report (信用信息报告) PDF. In China, the legal representative (法定代表人) is a single individual who has binding authority on behalf of the company under Chinese law.

Role (Chinese)	Role (English)	Classification	Notes
法定代表人	Legal Representative	Legal Representative	The primary legally authorized person; one per company
董事长	Chairman of the Board	Legal Representative	When serving as legal representative
总经理	General Manager	Legal Representative	When serving as legal representative
执行董事	Executive Director	Legal Representative	Common in smaller LLCs without a board
负责人	Person in Charge	Legal Representative	Used for branches and representative offices

Under Chinese Company Law, each company has exactly one legal representative (法定代表人). This person is personally liable for certain company obligations. The legal representative is typically the Chairman, Executive Director, or General Manager as specified in the company’s articles of association. Both individuals and corporate entities can appear as legal representatives, though individuals are the norm. All role classifications are AI-inferred from the PDF text.

Other Key Persons

Not applicable. The Credit Information Report does not include structured data for supervisory board members, auditors, or other key persons beyond the legal representative. Board member or senior executive data is not currently extracted.

Shareholders

Shareholder data extraction is not yet implemented in the current China integration. The trade register extract (信用信息报告) may contain shareholder information, but the AI parser for shareholders has not been migrated to the Atlas request system.

Shareholder data is currently returned as an empty array for all Chinese companies. This is a known limitation pending migration of the shareholder parser to Atlas.

Planned Extraction

When implemented, shareholder data will be AI-extracted from the Credit Information Report PDF, which typically includes:

Field	Description	Source
`name`	Shareholder name (individual or company)	AI-extracted from PDF
`type`	Individual or Company	AI-inferred from name
`sharePercentage`	Ownership percentage	AI-extracted from PDF (when available)
`shareCapital`	Subscribed capital contribution	AI-extracted from PDF (when available)

Activity Code Mapping

China does not use a single standardized industry classification code in the Credit Information Report. Activity information is extracted as a free-text description from the business scope (经营范围) field, then mapped via AI:

Business Scope (经营范围, free text) → AI → NACE Rev. 2 + ISIC Rev. 4

Classification	Source	AI Inferred?
Business Scope	Trade register extract (经营范围)	No (official text)
NACE	AI-derived from business scope text	Yes (always)
ISIC	AI-derived from business scope text	Yes (always)

China has a national classification system (GB/T 4754, 国民经济行业分类) but the Credit Information Report typically provides a free-text business scope rather than a numeric code. Both NACE and ISIC codes are therefore always AI-inferred for Chinese companies. Every activity item includes an isAIInferred: true flag.

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Data Type	Credit Information Report (AI-parsed)	Notes
Company Profile	✅ Async	Legal name, address, status, legal form, capital, activity description
Legal Representatives	✅ Async	AI-extracted from trade register extract PDF
Shareholders	❌ (Planned)	Parser not yet migrated to Atlas
Ultimate Beneficial Owners	❌	Not publicly available in China
Establishments	❌	Not extracted from current data source
Activity Codes	✅ Async	AI-inferred NACE/ISIC from business scope text

Legend: ✅ Available | ❌ Not Available | Async = Asynchronous processing (up to 7 minutes)

Documents by Company Type

Document Type	API Category	Format	Catalog item	Availability	Notes
Credit Information Report (信用信息报告)	`tradeRegisterExtract`	PDF	`CHN_CERTIFIED_REGISTER_EXTRACT`	✅ All entities	Official credit report from creditchina.gov.cn

The Credit Information Report is the only document type currently available for Chinese companies. It is retrieved via automated portal access. The same document is used both as a standalone deliverable and as the source for AI-parsed company profile data.

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "<USCC>", "countryCode": "CN", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"] }

Active Limited Liability Company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "91110000710926094P",
    "countryCode": "CN",
    "identifiers": {
      "Unified Social Credit Code": "91110000710926094P"
    },
    "legalName": "北京示例科技有限公司",
    "legalNameInEnglish": "Beijing Example Technology Co., Ltd.",
    "registrationDate": "2018-05-15",
    "activityDescription": "技术开发、技术咨询、技术服务；软件开发；销售自行开发的产品。",
    "status": {
      "localName": "存续",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": {
        "status": "ACTIVE"
      }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "有限责任公司(自然人投资或控股)",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company (Natural Person Investment)",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company",
      "iso20275Code": "8888"
    },
    "capital": {
      "amount": 10000000,
      "currency": "CNY"
    },
    "activities": {
      "NACE": [{ "code": "6201", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": true }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "6201", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": true }]
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "北京市海淀区中关村大街1号",
      "city": "Beijing",
      "countryCode": "CN"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "法定代表人",
        "englishTranslation": "Legal Representative",
        "standardized": "Legal Representative"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "张伟"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "shareholders": []
}

Active Corporation (Stock Company)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "91310000XXXXXXXXX1",
    "countryCode": "CN",
    "identifiers": {
      "Unified Social Credit Code": "91310000XXXXXXXXX1"
    },
    "legalName": "上海示例制造股份有限公司",
    "legalNameInEnglish": "Shanghai Example Manufacturing Co., Ltd.",
    "registrationDate": "2005-08-22",
    "activityDescription": "金属材料的制造、加工和销售；钢铁冶炼。",
    "status": {
      "localName": "在业",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": {
        "status": "ACTIVE"
      }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "股份有限公司(上市)",
      "englishTranslation": "Listed Company Limited by Shares",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "capital": {
      "amount": 500000000,
      "currency": "CNY"
    },
    "activities": {
      "NACE": [{ "code": "2410", "description": "Manufacture of basic iron and steel", "isAIInferred": true }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "2410", "description": "Manufacture of basic iron and steel", "isAIInferred": true }]
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "上海市宝山区工业路500号",
      "city": "Shanghai",
      "countryCode": "CN"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "董事长",
        "englishTranslation": "Chairman of the Board",
        "standardized": "Chairman"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "王强"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "shareholders": []
}

Revoked (Closed) Company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "91310000MA1FL8XQ30",
    "countryCode": "CN",
    "identifiers": {
      "Unified Social Credit Code": "91310000MA1FL8XQ30"
    },
    "legalName": "上海旧商贸有限公司",
    "registrationDate": "2010-03-20",
    "activityDescription": "日用百货、服装鞋帽的销售。",
    "status": {
      "localName": "吊销",
      "active": false,
      "statusDetails": {
        "status": "CLOSED"
      }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "有限责任公司",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "上海市浦东新区张江路100号",
      "city": "Shanghai",
      "countryCode": "CN"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "法定代表人",
        "englishTranslation": "Legal Representative",
        "standardized": "Legal Representative"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "李明"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "shareholders": []
}

Note: Revoked companies have active: false and status 吊销 (Revoked). The standardized status is CLOSED. Shareholder data is not yet available.

Available Documents

Documents are returned when "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"] is requested.

API Category	Document	Notes
`tradeRegisterExtract`	Credit Information Report (信用信息报告) PDF	All entities

{
  "documents": {
    "tradeRegisterExtract": {
      "id": "doc_cn_xxxxxxxx",
      "name": "信用信息报告 (Credit Information Report)",
      "format": "PDF",
      "url": "https://..."
    }
  }
}

Data Source Priority & Routing

China uses a single data source for all entity types: the Credit China portal (creditchina.gov.cn). There is no priority chain or fallback mechanism.

Single-source model: All data comes from the Credit Information Report (信用信息报告) PDF downloaded from Credit China. There is no cross-source merging or fallback. If the Credit China portal is unavailable, the request fails.Attribute-level source mapping:

Attribute	Source	AI Inferred?
Company name (Chinese + English)	Credit Information Report PDF	Yes
Legal form	Credit Information Report PDF	Yes
Status	Credit Information Report PDF	Yes
Registered address	Credit Information Report PDF	Yes
Registration date	Credit Information Report PDF	Yes
Share capital	Credit Information Report PDF	Yes
Business scope (活动描述)	Credit Information Report PDF	Yes
Activity codes (NACE/ISIC)	Derived from business scope	Yes (always)
Legal representative	Credit Information Report PDF	Yes
Shareholders	Not extracted	N/A
UBOs	Not available	N/A
Establishments	Not extracted	N/A

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Data Sources

All entity types

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Legal Forms

Commercial Companies

Sole Entrepreneurs

Partnerships

State-Owned & Public Entities

Foreign Entities

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Planned Extraction

Activity Code Mapping

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Documents by Company Type

Example API Responses

Data Source Priority & Routing

​Start here

China coverage, pricing, and sources

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​All entity types

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Search Capabilities

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Company Status

​Legal Forms

​Commercial Companies

​Sole Entrepreneurs

​Partnerships

​Non-Profits & Social Organizations

​State-Owned & Public Entities

​Foreign Entities

​Legal Representatives

​Other Key Persons

​Shareholders

​Planned Extraction

​Activity Code Mapping

​Data Availability

​Data Availability Matrix

​Documents by Company Type

​Example API Responses

​Data Source Priority & Routing

Start here

Table of Contents

Data Sources

All entity types

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Legal Forms

Commercial Companies

Sole Entrepreneurs

Partnerships

Non-Profits & Social Organizations

State-Owned & Public Entities

Foreign Entities

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Planned Extraction

Activity Code Mapping

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Documents by Company Type

Example API Responses

Data Source Priority & Routing