# Chinese Supplier Check: USCC, UFLPA, Entity List, Sanctions (`factline/chinese-supplier-check`) Actor

Check Chinese suppliers before you buy: validates the Unified Social Credit Code (province, entity type; Xinjiang flagged) and screens against the UFLPA Entity List, US Entity List and EU, UN, UK and US sanctions. One verdict per supplier.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/factline/chinese-supplier-check.md
- **Developed by:** [Matthew Sammels](https://apify.com/factline) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.01 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Chinese Supplier Check: USCC, UFLPA, Entity List, Sanctions

Check a Chinese supplier before you buy from it. One row per supplier with a verdict: **pass**, **review** or **block_review**.

### What it checks

- **Unified Social Credit Code (USCC):** the 18-character code on the business licence. Valid checksum or not, registration authority, entity type and the province it was registered in. **Xinjiang registrations are flagged.**
- **UFLPA Entity List** (DHS): companies whose goods are presumed made with forced labour and barred from US import.
- **US Entity List, Military End User, Denied Persons** and the other US export-control lists (trade.gov Consolidated Screening List).
- **Sanctions:** EU, UN, UK and US OFAC.

### Input

```json
[{"name": "Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.", "uscc": "91330100716105852F"}]
```

### Output (example)

| Supplier | USCC valid | Province | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd. | true | Zhejiang | pass |
| Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | true | Guangdong | block_review (BIS Entity List) |

### Price

**$0.03 per supplier.** Failed lookups are not charged.

### Good to know

- No Chinese register data is fetched. Confirm the company name on gsxt.gov.cn with the USCC.
- A clean result is not clearance and does not cover the supplier's own suppliers.
- Same check as an API or MCP tool: [factline.dev/api/china-supplier-check](https://factline.dev/api/china-supplier-check). Free code decoder: [factline.dev/china-company-check](https://factline.dev/china-company-check).

# Actor input Schema

## `suppliers` (type: `array`):

One object per supplier: name (Latin letters, as on the invoice) and uscc (the 18-character Unified Social Credit Code from the business licence).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "suppliers": [
    {
      "name": "Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.",
      "uscc": "91330100716105852F"
    },
    {
      "name": "Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.",
      "uscc": "914403001922038216"
    }
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All rows as JSON.

## `overview` (type: `string`):

The main fields as a table.

## `csv` (type: `string`):

The results as a CSV file.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "suppliers": [
        {
            "name": "Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.",
            "uscc": "91330100716105852F"
        },
        {
            "name": "Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.",
            "uscc": "914403001922038216"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("factline/chinese-supplier-check").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "suppliers": [
        {
            "name": "Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.",
            "uscc": "91330100716105852F",
        },
        {
            "name": "Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.",
            "uscc": "914403001922038216",
        },
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("factline/chinese-supplier-check").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "suppliers": [
    {
      "name": "Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.",
      "uscc": "91330100716105852F"
    },
    {
      "name": "Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.",
      "uscc": "914403001922038216"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call factline/chinese-supplier-check --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,factline/chinese-supplier-check"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dYd7qEcwwCMMQxLeq/builds/0e0c3CExHD7k4TKrT/openapi.json