{ "name": "CCB Verification Standard", "version": "2.0", "datePublished": "2026-10-14", "publisher": { "name": "Cambridge China Bridge", "url": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk" }, "pages": { "en": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk/verification-standard/", "zh": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk/zh/verification-standard/" }, "en": { "title": "CCB Verification Standard", "summary": "The rules we work to when we check a Chinese supplier for you: what each level of check covers, the evidence behind a finding, what a result means, how long it stays current, and what we do not claim.", "means": [ "Our team in the UK, our own staff in China, or an inspection company appointed for you and named in the report, examined the evidence listed below for that level and recorded what they found, with the date and the source of each finding.", "Every finding carries a status, so you can see what was confirmed, what was read only on the face of a document, and what is still unverified.", "Every report ends in one of three verdicts, with the reason for it.", "The check was paid for by the buyer. On your order we take no commission, rebate or kickback from the factory." ], "doesNotMean": [ "It is not a certificate, a licence or an accreditation. We are not a certification body or an accredited inspection body, and a CCB check does not replace one where your customer, your insurer or the law requires it.", "It does not show that a product meets UK or other legal requirements. That needs the right test reports and a Declaration of Conformity for the exact model.", "It is not a guarantee that the supplier will perform, or that units outside the sample are free of defects.", "It describes what we saw on the day, in the documents we were given. Companies, factories and production change." ], "levels": [ { "id": "level-1", "level": "Level 1", "name": "Desk check", "question": "Is this a real, registered company, and is it the company you would pay?", "method": "A check of the company and its documents, by our team in the UK and our staff in China, without a factory visit.", "price": "From £195 per supplier, plus VAT, paid before the check starts", "reportTiming": "Within 3 working days of payment; if the supplier is slow to send its documents, the 3 days count from when they arrive", "checks": [ { "name": "Business licence and register status", "detail": "Legal Chinese name, unified social credit code, registered address, business scope, founding date and operating status, compared with the national enterprise credit register. Any listing for abnormal operation or administrative penalties is noted." }, { "name": "The same company four ways", "detail": "The trade name on the website and emails, the legal name on the licence, the seller on the quote or proforma invoice, the exporter and the bank beneficiary. The supplier must explain any difference in writing. Bank details are confirmed by phoning a number found independently, never one taken from the email." }, { "name": "Export status", "detail": "Customs import and export registration and credit rating, looked up by credit code, and which company issues the export invoice." }, { "name": "Certificates and test reports", "detail": "Holder, scope, validity and number, checked against the issuer's public register or the laboratory's own report-verification page where one exists; otherwise recorded as checked on its face only. Expired certificates, the wrong holder or the wrong scope are flagged." }, { "name": "Public footprint", "detail": "Domain age, website content, email domain against website, trade-platform store age and badges, trade-fair exhibitor records, and searches for complaints in Chinese and English." }, { "name": "Claims against evidence", "detail": "Capacity, customers, cost savings and lead times, each marked as evidenced or unverified." } ], "evidence": [ "A photo or scan of the business licence (营业执照).", "The quote or proforma invoice, and the payment details the supplier gave, ideally on letterhead with the company chop.", "Copies of the certificates and test reports the supplier relies on.", "Optional: a short video walk-round showing the licence on the wall, machine nameplates and current production." ], "resultCategories": "Each finding: Checked, Resolved, On their face, Note, Weak, Unverified or Problem. Overall: Proceed, Proceed with conditions or Stop.", "deliverable": "A written report with a status and evidence for each finding, a verdict, and the questions to put to the supplier and the documents to ask for before paying.", "validity": "6 months", "sampleReport": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk/supplier-check/#check-sample" }, { "id": "level-2", "level": "Level 2", "name": "Factory audit", "question": "Does the factory exist, is it run by the company we checked, and can it make your product to your standard and volume?", "method": "A visit by our own staff in China, normally one day on site, to a scope agreed with you first. It starts from the Level 1 identity record; if there is none, we agree first whether to include a desk check.", "price": "From £395 a visit (one day on site), plus VAT; the final price depends on location and scope and is confirmed before we start", "reportTiming": "Written report usually within 48 hours of the visit", "checks": [ { "name": "Identity on site", "detail": "The business licence on the wall, the gate sign and the company name on documents, matched with the desk-check record, and the address of the site." }, { "name": "Factory or trading company", "detail": "Which processes for your product are done on site, which are subcontracted, and to whom if the factory will say." }, { "name": "Production lines", "detail": "The lines and work areas used for your product, whether they were running at the visit, and what they were making." }, { "name": "Machines", "detail": "Key machines counted and their nameplates photographed: maker, model, rating and year where shown." }, { "name": "Capacity indicators", "detail": "Workers on the line, shift pattern, output counted over a timed period, work in progress and finished stock, set against the capacity the factory claims." }, { "name": "Quality control", "detail": "Incoming material checks, in-process checks, final inspection, defect records, measuring instruments and their calibration, and what happens to a rejected batch." }, { "name": "Sample pull", "detail": "Where agreed, units taken at random by our staff from production or finished stock, photographed and sealed or sent to you, so the sample you judge is not one the factory chose." }, { "name": "Certificates on site", "detail": "The originals displayed or shown, compared with the copies from the desk check." }, { "name": "Working conditions, as observed", "detail": "Fire exits, machine guarding and protective equipment, recorded as observations only. This is not a social audit; one can be arranged with an accredited audit firm." } ], "evidence": [ "Dated photos of each item above, numbered in a photo log, with the licence, gate sign and nameplates legible.", "Short videos of the lines running.", "Photos of quality records and calibration labels, where the factory allows.", "The role of the factory contact who hosted the visit." ], "resultCategories": "Each finding: Checked, Resolved, On their face, Note, Weak, Unverified or Problem. Overall: Proceed, Proceed with conditions or Stop.", "deliverable": "A written report with a status for each finding, a photo log, a verdict, and the conditions to meet before a first order.", "validity": "12 months", "sampleReport": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk/verification-standard/sample-factory-audit/" }, { "id": "level-3", "level": "Level 3", "name": "Pre-shipment inspection", "question": "Does this shipment match your approved sample and specification?", "method": "An inspection of finished, packed goods at the factory before they ship, against your approved sample and specification, by our staff or by an independent inspection company if you require one. You approve the release of the shipment.", "price": "From £275 per inspector-day (Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu), plus VAT; the final price depends on location, product and scope and is confirmed before we start", "reportTiming": "Photo report usually within 24 hours of the inspection", "checks": [ { "name": "Sampling (AQL)", "detail": "Units drawn at random under ISO 2859-1 (the same tables as ANSI/ASQ Z1.4): single sampling, normal inspection, general inspection level II unless you agree level I or III. The acceptable quality limits are the ones in your order. If none were agreed, we propose zero critical defects, AQL 2.5 for major and AQL 4.0 for minor defects: common practice for consumer goods, not a rule of the standard." }, { "name": "Defect classification", "detail": "Critical: unsafe, or breaks a legal requirement. Major: likely to cause failure, or makes the unit unsaleable or noticeably less usable. Minor: a departure from the specification that does not affect use or sale. Each defective unit is counted once, in its most serious class." }, { "name": "Quantity and readiness", "detail": "Quantity made and packed, against the order. Inspection normally takes place when production is complete and at least 80% of the goods are packed." }, { "name": "Conformity with sample and specification", "detail": "Materials, colour, finish, workmanship and assembly against the approved sample and the specification." }, { "name": "Measurements and function", "detail": "Dimensions and weights measured against tolerance, and the on-site function tests agreed in advance." }, { "name": "Packing", "detail": "Inner and outer packaging, carton count, carton dimensions and gross weight against the packing list." }, { "name": "Labelling and marking", "detail": "Product marking, labels, barcodes (scanned), warnings and instructions, importer name and address where required, and shipping marks on the cartons, against your instructions." }, { "name": "Photos", "detail": "The goods, packing, labels, measurements and every defect found." } ], "evidence": [ "Your approved sample, or photos of it and the specification it was approved against.", "The purchase order, packing list and any labelling instructions.", "The acceptable quality limits and any function tests you want, agreed before the inspection day.", "Access to the finished, packed goods." ], "resultCategories": "Each check: Pass, Fail or Pending. Each defect class: Accept or Reject under the sampling plan. Overall: Proceed, Proceed with conditions or Stop; you decide whether the shipment is released.", "deliverable": "A photo report with the sampling plan, Accept or Reject for each defect class, every defect found, a verdict, and what must happen before release.", "validity": "That shipment only", "sampleReport": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk/verification-standard/sample-inspection-report/" } ], "findingStatuses": [ { "status": "Checked", "meaning": "Confirmed against an independent source: a public register, the issuer, or what our staff saw on site." }, { "status": "Resolved", "meaning": "A discrepancy was found, and the supplier explained it in writing with evidence that fits." }, { "status": "On their face", "meaning": "Read from the document supplied, with nothing found that contradicts it, but not confirmed with the issuer or a public register." }, { "status": "Note", "meaning": "A fact you should know that is not in itself a problem." }, { "status": "Weak", "meaning": "Some evidence exists but it is thin, so the point should be followed up." }, { "status": "Unverified", "meaning": "A claim with no evidence yet." }, { "status": "Problem", "meaning": "Evidence contradicts what the supplier says, or a requirement is not met." } ], "inspectionStatuses": "Pre-shipment inspections record each check as Pass, Fail or Pending (for example while waiting for a correction or a test result), and each defect class as Accept or Reject under the sampling plan.", "verdicts": [ { "verdict": "Proceed", "meaning": "Nothing found that should stop you going ahead at this stage." }, { "verdict": "Proceed with conditions", "meaning": "Go ahead once the listed conditions are met, for example a certificate confirmed with its issuer, or cartons relabelled before loading." }, { "verdict": "Stop", "meaning": "Something should stop you paying, ordering or shipping until it is resolved, such as a different company receiving the money, or a shipment that fails its sampling plan." } ], "verdictNote": "For an inspection, the verdict is our recommendation; the decision to release the shipment is yours.", "validity": { "note": "A result describes the company or the goods at the time of the check. We treat it as current for the periods below, and as out of date sooner if something material changes.", "periods": [ { "level": "Level 1 · Desk check", "period": "6 months", "ends": "The legal name, bank beneficiary, legal representative or register status changes." }, { "level": "Level 2 · Factory audit", "period": "12 months", "ends": "Production moves to another site, ownership changes, or processes for your product are subcontracted." }, { "level": "Level 3 · Pre-shipment inspection", "period": "That shipment only", "ends": "It covers the lot inspected. Each new shipment needs its own inspection." } ] }, "independence": [ "Checks are paid for by the buyer. On your order we are paid only by you: no rebates, commission or kickbacks from factories.", "If a factory ever pays us to check itself, that report says so on its first page, is kept separate from reports for buyers, and never changes a finding or a verdict we give a buyer.", "Every report states who carried out the check, whether our own staff or an outside inspection company, and the scope agreed before it started.", "If we have bought from the same factory for other buyers, the report says so.", "Findings are not negotiated with the supplier. A supplier may correct a fact with evidence, and the report records the correction." ], "limits": [ "We are not ISO-accredited, not an accredited inspection body and not a testing, inspection and certification company. We do not issue certificates or certification marks.", "We do not test products in a laboratory. Laboratory testing is arranged with a qualified lab, for the lab's fee at cost plus 15% handling.", "A factory audit records what our staff observe about working conditions but is not a social audit. SMETA or BSCI audits are arranged with an accredited audit firm, and you receive its report.", "Sampling is designed to detect defects at the agreed quality limit; units outside the sample can still be defective.", "Chinese register look-ups depend on what the registers show on the day. Where a source is unavailable, the report says so.", "A check reduces risk. It is not a guarantee of the supplier's performance." ], "versioning": "We change this standard only by publishing a new version with a changelog. Each report names the version it was carried out under.", "changelog": [ { "version": "2.0", "date": "14 October 2026", "change": "First published version." }, { "version": "1.0", "date": "14 October 2026", "change": "Internal draft for review; not published." } ] }, "zh": { "title": "CCB 核查标准", "summary": "我们替你核查中国供应商时遵守的规则：每一级核查查什么、每条结论要什么证据、结果代表什么、多久算有效，以及我们不做哪些承诺。", "means": [ "由我们英国团队、在中国的自有员工，或为你委托并在报告中写明的验货公司，按该级别列出的证据逐项查看，记录查到了什么、在哪里查到、哪天查的。", "每条发现都标明状态：哪些已经确认，哪些只是按文件表面核对，哪些仍未核实，一目了然。", "每份报告最后给出三种结论之一，并写明理由。", "核查费用由买家支付。你的订单上，我们不收工厂任何佣金、返点或回扣。" ], "doesNotMean": [ "它不是证书、许可或认可资质。我们不是认证机构，也不是获认可的检验机构；客户、保险公司或法律要求认证时，CCB 核查不能替代。", "它不证明产品符合英国或其他国家的法规。那需要具体型号的检测报告和符合性声明。", "它不保证供应商一定履约，也不保证抽样之外的产品没有缺陷。", "它只反映当天看到的情况和对方提供的文件。公司、工厂和生产都会变化。" ], "levels": [ { "id": "level-1", "level": "第一级", "name": "书面核查", "question": "这是不是一家真实注册的公司？你要付款的，是不是这家公司？", "method": "由英国团队和中国员工核查公司和文件，不去工厂。", "price": "每家供应商 £195 起，另加增值税，先付款后开工", "reportTiming": "付款后 3 个工作日内；供应商迟迟不发文件的，从收到文件起算 3 个工作日", "checks": [ { "name": "营业执照和登记状态", "detail": "法定中文名称、统一社会信用代码、注册地址、经营范围、成立日期和登记状态，与国家企业信用信息公示系统核对；如被列入经营异常名录或有行政处罚，一并记录。" }, { "name": "四方是否同一家公司", "detail": "网站和邮件上的商号、执照上的法定名称、报价单或形式发票上的卖方、出口方和收款账户户名。有任何不一致，须由供应商书面说明。收款信息要打独立查到的电话核实，绝不用邮件里给的号码。" }, { "name": "出口资质", "detail": "按信用代码查询海关进出口备案和信用等级，并确认由哪家公司开出口发票。" }, { "name": "证书和检测报告", "detail": "持证人、范围、有效期和编号。发证机构有公开查询系统、或实验室有报告验证页面的，去那里核对；没有的，注明“仅按表面核对”。过期、持证人不符或范围不符的，标出来。" }, { "name": "公开信息", "detail": "域名注册时间、网站内容、邮箱域名与网站是否一致、贸易平台店铺开店时间和标识、展会参展记录，并用中英文搜索投诉信息。" }, { "name": "说法与证据", "detail": "产能、客户、成本优势和交期，逐条标注有证据还是未核实。" } ], "evidence": [ "营业执照照片或扫描件。", "报价单或形式发票，以及供应商给的收款信息，最好是盖公章的公司抬头函件。", "供应商所依据的证书和检测报告复印件。", "可选：一段简短的视频，拍到墙上的执照、设备铭牌和正在进行的生产。" ], "resultCategories": "每条发现：已核查、已澄清、按表面、注意、偏弱、未核实或有问题。总体结论：可以继续、有条件继续或停止。", "deliverable": "一份书面报告：每条发现都有状态和证据，有总体结论，并列出付款前要问供应商的问题和要索取的文件。", "validity": "6 个月", "sampleReport": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk/zh/supplier-check/#check-sample" }, { "id": "level-2", "level": "第二级", "name": "验厂", "question": "工厂是否真实存在？是不是由我们核查过的那家公司在经营？能不能按你的标准和数量做出你的产品？", "method": "由我们在中国的自有员工到厂，一般现场一天，范围事先和你商定。以第一级的主体核查记录为起点；如果还没做过，先商定是否一并做书面核查。", "price": "每次 £395 起（现场一天），另加增值税；最终价格视地点和范围而定，开工前确认", "reportTiming": "一般在走访后 48 小时内出书面报告", "checks": [ { "name": "现场主体", "detail": "墙上的营业执照、大门招牌和单据上的公司名称，与书面核查记录对照，并记录厂区地址。" }, { "name": "工厂还是贸易公司", "detail": "你的产品哪些工序在本厂做、哪些外发，以及外发给谁（如工厂愿意说明）。" }, { "name": "生产线", "detail": "用于你产品的生产线和工位，走访时是否在开工、在做什么产品。" }, { "name": "设备", "detail": "清点关键设备并拍摄铭牌：厂家、型号、规格和出厂年份（铭牌上有的）。" }, { "name": "产能指标", "detail": "线上人数、班次安排、计时观察的产出、在制品和成品库存，与工厂自称的产能对比。" }, { "name": "质量控制", "detail": "来料检验、制程检验、成品检验、不良记录、量具及其校准，以及不合格批次怎么处理。" }, { "name": "现场抽样", "detail": "如事先约定，由我们的员工从生产线或成品库随机抽取产品，拍照后封样或寄给你，保证你评估的样品不是工厂挑出来的。" }, { "name": "现场证书", "detail": "核对现场展示或出示的证书原件，与书面核查时的复印件是否一致。" }, { "name": "工作环境（现场观察）", "detail": "安全出口、设备防护和劳保用品，只作观察记录。这不是社会责任审核；需要的话，可以安排获认可的审核机构来做。" } ], "evidence": [ "以上每项都有带日期的照片，按编号记入照片清单，执照、招牌和铭牌要拍清楚。", "生产线运转的短视频。", "工厂允许的话，拍下质检记录和量具校准标签。", "接待走访的工厂联系人的职务。" ], "resultCategories": "每条发现：已核查、已澄清、按表面、注意、偏弱、未核实或有问题。总体结论：可以继续、有条件继续或停止。", "deliverable": "一份书面报告：每条发现都有状态，附照片清单和总体结论，并列出下首单前要满足的条件。", "validity": "12 个月", "sampleReport": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk/zh/verification-standard/sample-factory-audit/" }, { "id": "level-3", "level": "第三级", "name": "出货前验货", "question": "这批货和你确认的样品、规格一致吗？", "method": "货物生产完、包装好之后、出厂之前，在工厂按你确认的样品和规格验货；由我们的员工做，你要求的话也可以由独立的第三方验货公司做。是否放行出货由你决定。", "price": "每人天 £275 起（广东、浙江、江苏），另加增值税；最终价格视地点、产品和范围而定，开工前确认", "reportTiming": "一般在验货后 24 小时内出图文报告", "checks": [ { "name": "抽样（AQL）", "detail": "按 ISO 2859-1（与 ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 的表相同）随机抽样：一次抽样、正常检验，一般检验水平 II，除非你同意用 I 或 III。接收质量限以订单约定为准；没有约定的，我们建议致命缺陷零容忍、严重缺陷 AQL 2.5、轻微缺陷 AQL 4.0。这是消费品的常见做法，不是标准本身的规定。" }, { "name": "缺陷分类", "detail": "致命缺陷：不安全或违反法规要求。严重缺陷：可能导致故障，或让产品无法销售、明显影响使用。轻微缺陷：与规格有出入，但不影响使用和销售。每件不良品只计一次，按最严重的一类计。" }, { "name": "数量和完成程度", "detail": "已生产和已包装的数量与订单对照。一般在生产全部完成、至少 80% 已包装时验货。" }, { "name": "与样品和规格是否一致", "detail": "材料、颜色、表面处理、做工和装配，与确认样和规格对照。" }, { "name": "尺寸和功能", "detail": "按公差测量尺寸和重量，做事先约定的现场功能测试。" }, { "name": "包装", "detail": "内外包装、箱数、外箱尺寸和毛重，与装箱单对照。" }, { "name": "标签和标识", "detail": "产品标识、标签、条码（扫码核对）、警示语和说明书、必要时的进口商名称和地址，以及外箱唛头，按你的要求核对。" }, { "name": "照片", "detail": "货物、包装、标签、测量过程和发现的每一个缺陷。" } ], "evidence": [ "你的确认样，或确认样的照片和当时依据的规格。", "采购订单、装箱单和标签要求。", "验货日之前约定好接收质量限和要做的功能测试。", "能接触到已完成并包装好的货物。" ], "resultCategories": "每个检查项：合格、不合格或待定。每类缺陷：按抽样方案判接收或拒收。总体结论：可以继续、有条件继续或停止；是否放行由你决定。", "deliverable": "一份图文报告：抽样方案、每类缺陷的接收或拒收、发现的每个缺陷、总体结论，以及放行前必须完成的事项。", "validity": "仅限该批货", "sampleReport": "https://camchinabridge.co.uk/zh/verification-standard/sample-inspection-report/" } ], "findingStatuses": [ { "status": "已核查", "meaning": "已通过独立来源确认：公开登记系统、发证机构，或我们员工在现场亲眼所见。" }, { "status": "已澄清", "meaning": "发现过不一致，供应商已书面说明，且有相符的证据。" }, { "status": "按表面", "meaning": "按对方提供的文件核对，没有发现矛盾之处，但尚未向发证机构或公开登记系统确认。" }, { "status": "注意", "meaning": "你应该知道的情况，本身不算问题。" }, { "status": "偏弱", "meaning": "有一些证据，但不够充分，需要跟进。" }, { "status": "未核实", "meaning": "只有说法，暂无证据。" }, { "status": "有问题", "meaning": "证据与供应商的说法相矛盾，或某项要求没有满足。" } ], "inspectionStatuses": "出货前验货的每个检查项记为合格、不合格或待定（例如等待整改或检测结果），每类缺陷按抽样方案记为接收或拒收。", "verdicts": [ { "verdict": "可以继续", "meaning": "没有发现在这一阶段应当叫停的问题。" }, { "verdict": "有条件继续", "meaning": "满足所列条件后再推进，例如向发证机构确认证书，或装柜前重新贴好外箱标签。" }, { "verdict": "停止", "meaning": "发现的问题足以让你在解决之前暂停付款、下单或出货，例如收款的是另一家公司，或这批货抽检不合格。" } ], "verdictNote": "验货的结论是我们的建议；是否放行出货，由你决定。", "validity": { "note": "结果反映的是核查当时公司或货物的情况。我们按下表的期限视为有效；如有重大变化，提前失效。", "periods": [ { "level": "第一级 · 书面核查", "period": "6 个月", "ends": "法定名称、收款账户户名、法定代表人或登记状态发生变化。" }, { "level": "第二级 · 验厂", "period": "12 个月", "ends": "生产搬到别的厂区、股东变更，或你产品的工序改为外发。" }, { "level": "第三级 · 出货前验货", "period": "仅限该批货", "ends": "只覆盖被检的这一批。每一批新货都要单独验货。" } ] }, "independence": [ "核查费用由买家支付。你的订单上，我们只收你的钱，不收工厂任何返点、佣金或回扣。", "如果将来有工厂付费请我们核查它自己，那份报告会在首页注明，与买家报告分开存放，而且绝不改变我们给买家的任何发现或结论。", "每份报告都写明由谁执行核查（我们自己的员工还是外部验货公司），以及开工前约定的范围。", "如果我们曾为其他买家向同一家工厂采购过，报告里会写明。", "核查结论不和供应商讨价还价。供应商可以凭证据更正事实，报告会记录这项更正。" ], "limits": [ "我们没有 ISO 认可资质，不是获认可的检验机构，也不是检验检测认证公司。我们不颁发证书，也不授予认证标志。", "我们不在实验室检测产品。实验室检测交给有资质的实验室，实验室费用按原价收取，另加 15% 手续费。", "验厂会记录员工观察到的工作环境，但不是社会责任审核。SMETA 或 BSCI 审核由获认可的审核机构执行，你会收到它的报告。", "抽样方案按约定的质量限来发现缺陷；样本以外的产品仍可能有缺陷。", "中国登记系统的查询结果取决于当天系统显示的内容；某个来源查不到时，报告里会写明。", "核查能降低风险，但不保证供应商一定履约。" ], "versioning": "本标准只通过发布新版本并附修订记录来修改。每份报告都注明所依据的版本。", "changelog": [ { "version": "2.0", "date": "2026 年 10 月 14 日", "change": "首次发布。" }, { "version": "1.0", "date": "2026 年 10 月 14 日", "change": "内部审阅稿，未发布。" } ] } }