The Canton Fair (China Import and Export Fair) is one of China’s largest international trade fairs. Held annually in April and October in Guangzhou, it attracts a large number of international buyers each time.
However, with tens of thousands of china suppliers, it’s not easy to quickly find china reliable and suitable chinese suppliers. Below, I’ve compiled a list of essential questions to ask china suppliers to help you avoid uncertified.
download the china supplier list from the Canton Fair’s official website （office website）in advance and select china supplier in your industry. such as electronics manufacturing service.You can also use filters such as CE or RoHS to narrow down your search. By identifying the china suppliers you’re interested in beforehand, you can go straight to them at the fair, saving yourself the trouble of wandering around the 338,000-square-meter exhibition hall.
1. Background Information
✅Q: Are you a china factory or a trading company? Would it be possible to see your production floor or showroom via video?
-Many trading companies nowadays pose as factories. If the other party makes excuses or sends blurry photos, be wary. Genuine factories usually don’t mind showing their production lines.
✅Q:How long has your factory been in operation? Which markets do you primarily export to?
-The length of operation indicates stability, and export markets reflect their quality control standards (those exporting to Europe and the U.S. typically have higher requirements)
✅Q:If I want to conduct an on-site factory audit or have a third-party organization (such as SGS or BV) inspect the goods, will you cooperate?
-If they do not respond, it suggests they do not have a factory—a cause for concern. Factories that are willing to accept inspections usually have greater confidence in their quality control.
2.One-Stop OEM ODM service
✅Q: Do you offer OEM/ODM services？ including private laber manufacturing/appearance/ color/ functionality, and packaging?.What is the low MOQ custom manufacturing? Can you accommodate small-batch trial orders?
-Whether it’s OEM or ODM, this process—from raw material procurement,mold making & tooling,mass production & assembly/quality control & certification —requires the collaboration of a professional team and a manufacturing facility.Support OEM/ODM = reliable product development partner China. don't support = middleman that only sells off-the-shelf products, standard molds, and generic goods
For more information on the meanings of OEM and ODM, Click this blog
3.Certification and Compliance
✅Q:Does the product have certifications such as FCC, CE, and RoHS? If the product is delisted from Amazon or held at customs due to certification or compliance issues, who is responsible?
-If you are an Amazon seller, you may have experienced having your products delisted due to incomplete certifications or suffering significant losses from product write-offs caused by quality issues.
4.Delivery Times and After-Sales Issues
-Defect rate = your loss rate. Returns result in losses from shipping costs, packaging fees, Amazon processing fees, and more. Too many returns cause your store rating to plummet, traffic to disappear, and your product listings to become useless. For every 1% increase in the defect rate, your profit decreases by 3% to 5%. When product issues arise, I need to resolve them rather than shift blame. Many unreliable suppliers simply stop responding or avoid the problem when issues occur.
By following the steps above, I’m confident you’ll be able to find a China OEM ODM factory.