SOURCING LAB USA — SUPPLIER EVIDENCE WORKSHEET
Version: 2026-09-14
Guide: https://sourcinglabusa.com/blog/verify-chinese-supplier
Original editorial planning tool. Not a supplier certificate or audit report.

Project reference / specification revision:
Reviewer / date:
Candidate source / contact:
Chinese legal name / Unified Social Credit Code:
Quotation entity / proposed production site:
Seller / exporter / payment party relationship (keep sensitive details private):

Repeat this record for each question:
- Requirement / question:
- Critical to the order decision? Yes / no; why:
- Evidence requested:
- Evidence reference / issuer / date / product scope:
- Status: missing / supplier-provided / cross-checked / contradictory
- What was cross-checked, against which source and when:
- What this evidence supports:
- What it does NOT establish:
- Open question / action / owner / due date:
- Reviewer / next decision:

Suggested areas: identity; production fit and subcontracting; specification;
sample review; applicable test documents; price and order terms; issue handling.

Evidence coverage = required questions with recorded answers and supporting
evidence / all required questions. Record justified non-applicable items.
This measures file completeness, not reliability or probability of success.
Missing or contradictory critical evidence keeps the affected decision open.

Decision: further information / sample review / specialist review / hold
Reason and unresolved items:
Approved next step / approver / date: