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China

China eKYB validates the legitimacy of Chinese businesses by checking their tax ID, business name, address, and UBOs against Chinese government sources of truth.

China eKYB supports input in Chinese, English, and Pinyin.

Directors are not currently supported for China.

Source

Country Source Description
China Chinese government sources of truth Verifies submitted business details against records maintained in Chinese registries.

Direct API approach

For general integration notes and shared response semantics, see the eKYB API Reference.

Request parameters

Parameter Required Description
plugins Mandatory Array. Must be ["ekyb"].
businessName Mandatory String. Name of the business.
country Mandatory String. Two-letter Alpha-2 country code. Must be CN.
taxId Mandatory String. Unified Social Credit Code, 18 characters.
addressLine2 Optional String. Full business address including house number, street, city, state, and postal code.
uboNames Optional Array. Full legal names of Unique Beneficial Owners to check against records associated with the business.

Sample request

{
  "plugins": ["ekyb"],
  "businessName": "SHANGHAI JINLONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.",
  "addressLine2": "Pudong New Area, Zhangyang Road 88, Shanghai 200120",
  "country": "CN",
  "taxId": "91310000MA1K123456",
  "uboNames": ["Li Wei", "Zhang Mei"]
}

Sample response

{
  "kyb": [
    { "key": "name", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "tin", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "address_verification", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "registrationStatus", "sub_label": "Active" },
    {
      "key": "entityType",
      "entityType": { "entityType": "Limited Liability Company (Sole Proprietorship by a Natural Person)" }
    },
    { "key": "ubo_name_match", "sub_label": "Verified", "uboName_input": "Li Wei" },
    { "key": "ubo_name_match", "sub_label": "Unverified", "uboName_input": "Zhang Mei" }
  ]
}

Response fields

Key Status Description
name Verified, Approximate Match, Unverified Submitted business name against the business name associated with the tax ID.
tin Verified, Unverified Submitted tax ID against the government database.
address_verification Verified, Approximate Match, Unverified Submitted address against the address associated with the tax ID.
registrationStatus Active, Inactive, Unknown Registration status of the business. Inactive includes suspended businesses and those no longer in operation.
entityType Legal entity type of the business The legal entity type of the company, if available. If not available, displays Unknown.
ubo_name_match Verified, Approximate Match, Unverified Submitted UBO against UBOs associated with the business. Distinguished by the uboName_input field on each entry.

Error responses

See the eKYB API Reference for standard error responses.

Single Session Dashboard results

View eKYB results on the Business tab in single Session view.

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