Sample Deliverable — Partner Background Check

This is a format sample. The subject ("Subject Co., Ltd.") is anonymized and figures are illustrative, to show what a deliverable contains. A real engagement uses your subject's actual public data and is delivered privately under NDA.

1. Engagement summary

Subject: Subject Co., Ltd. (Chinese manufacturer, proposed supplier)
Question from client: Is this supplier real, solvent, properly owned, and clear of sanctions/legal red flags before we place a first order in the high-six-figures?
Bottom line: Verified and operating; ownership is clean and traceable; no restricted-party or major litigation flags found; one watch item (customer concentration). Proceed, with the safeguards in §7.

2. Identity & registration

Registered (legal) name — confirmed; matches the name on the proposed contract (a frequent mismatch point).
Unified Social Credit Code (USCC) — 18-digit code verified against the public registry.
Status — active / in good standing.
Founded / listed — year established and, if applicable, listing date.
Registered capital — paid-in amount confirmed (vs. registered).
Legal representative & registered address — on record.

*Source: public company registry (USCC) and East Money F10 disclosure.*

3. Ownership & control

Actual controller — traced through the shareholding chain to the ultimate beneficial owner.
Top shareholders — stakes listed; no opaque offshore layers identified.
State ownership — none / partial (SASAC-linked), flagged because it changes incentives and leverage.
Institutional holders — count and combined stake (a signal others have done diligence).

*Why it matters: you should know who ultimately controls and benefits from the entity you contract with.*

4. Financial health

Revenue trend (5 years) — direction plus the single-quarter trajectory, not just the annual figure.
Margins — gross and net, read against sector peers (e.g. the supplier's rank within its industry by revenue).
Leverage — debt-to-assets, as a continuity-risk read.
Read — whether the financial profile is consistent with a business that can deliver and stand behind the order.

*Source: official annual and quarterly filings; figures are facts, the interpretation is ours.*

5. Sanctions & restricted-party screening

Screened the legal name and USCC against:

US — OFAC SDN, BIS Entity List & Denied Persons, CMIC
EU, UN and UK consolidated lists

Result: no matches — and no parent or affiliate in the ownership chain appears on the screened lists either. Any hit here would stop the engagement pending verification.

6. Legal, penalties & reputation

Litigation / judgments — count, nature and materiality (routine commercial vs. structural).
Enforcement / dishonest-debtor list — listed or not.
Administrative penalties — itemized, with materiality.
Adverse media — screened in Chinese-language sources.

*This layer draws on court and enforcement records and Chinese-language media that are not searchable from abroad — the part of due diligence overseas teams cannot do themselves.*

7. Red flags & recommendation

Watch items

Customer concentration — the top client is a large share of revenue; a shock there is a continuity risk to you.

Recommendation: proceed, with standard safeguards:

Contract with the verified legal entity (USCC on the contract).
Phased first order with quality inspection before scale-up.
Re-screen against sanctions lists at contract and before each major payment.

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*A real SinoInsight Partner Background Check is delivered privately under NDA, on your subject, with full source citations and, where needed, on-the-ground factory and capacity verification. This sample shows the format only.*