签订合同前相对方背景调查很重要

Why background checkup is important before you enter into a business contract with your Chinese partner

In recent years, more and more overseas companies order goods from China. While most of the transactions go well some of the buyers from overseas has encountered various problems.

If it’s your first time to deal with a Chinese business partner, I strongly suggest you do a background check up on your business partner. the points of the background checkup shall be:

1. Whether the Chinese party is a registered company in China;

2. Whether the Chinese party is a pocket company;

3. The time of establishment of the Chinese company;

4. The scale of the Chinese party;

5. If you get to know them through a website, check whether they also keep a Chinese language website and whether the website has been registered with the authority;

Several disputes happened because of the overseas buyer trust the Chinese partner too much. For the safety of your business you need a Chinese lawyer.

签订合同前相对方背景调查很重要

近年来，越来越多的海外公司从中国采购货物，其中大部分的交易进展顺利但是也有一些国外的买家遇到了问题。在首次和中国供应商进行交易时，建议对合同相对方进行背景调查，调查的关键点：

1.该公司在中国是否注册；

2.该公司是否为皮包公司；

3.该公司注册的时间如何；

4.该公司的规模如何；

5.建议浏览该公司的中文网站并核实该网站是否备案。

问题的产生往往源于交易一方太过于相对合同相对方，为了交易安全建议聘请当地的律师保驾护航。