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Overview

We’ve updated Search, Lite Profile, and Enhanced Profile responses for China (CN) with improved data quality and additional identifiers. The headline change is consistent use of the Unified Social Credit Code (USCC) as the companyNumber / primaryRegistrationNumber across all products, alongside a structured otherIdentifiers array carrying the legacy registration and organisation codes.

Key points

  • Search: registrationAuthority is now returned, plus a new otherIdentifiers array
  • Lite Profile: companyNumber now returns the Unified Social Credit Code (consistent with search), plus new registrationDate, registrationAuthority, address type and isoCode, and a structured otherIdentifiers array
  • Enhanced Profile: New currency on capital, totalNominalValue on shareholdings, shareholder address and corporate registrationNumber / idNumber, a new totalCapital summary, contactDetails, legalForm, address type and isoCode, and an otherIdentifiers array. Representatives are now correctly split between corporations and individuals.
  • Identifiers: A new otherIdentifiers array carries the legacy 15-digit Business Registration Number (CN_BRN_CD / CN_LEGACY_REG_CD) and the organisation code (CN_ORG_CD) where available

Search results

registrationAuthority is now returned in search results, and a new otherIdentifiers array carries the legacy registration code. Before:
After:

Key changes

  • registrationAuthority: New — the authority the company is registered with
  • otherIdentifiers: New array (type, value) carrying the legacy 15-digit Business Registration Number and the organisation code where available

Lite profile changes

The Lite Profile response has been improved with the Unified Social Credit Code as the primary identifier, a structured address, and additional identifiers. Before:
After:

Key changes

Address

The address object now includes structured fields:

New fields

  • otherIdentifiers: New array (type, value) carrying the legacy 15-digit Business Registration Number and the organisation code where available
  • registrationDate: Now populated with the company’s registration date
  • registrationAuthority: Now populated with the registering authority

Improved data

  • companyNumber: Now populated with the Unified Social Credit Code, consistent with search results

Enhanced profile changes

The Enhanced Profile has been substantially enriched with split currency fields, shareholder-level capital, corporate shareholder identifiers, a capital summary, contact details, and correctly categorised representatives. Before:
After:

Key changes

New fields

Addresses

  • type: New — indicates the address type (e.g., "Registered Address")
  • isoCode: New — "CN"

Capital and shareholdings

  • capitalcurrency: New — the capital currency is now returned in its own field
  • shareholdingstotalNominalValue: New — the nominal value attributed to each shareholding
  • shareholdersaddress: New — the shareholder’s address
  • shareholders.corporationsregistrationNumber, idNumber: New — registration identifiers for corporate shareholders

Identifiers

  • identifiers.otherIdentifiers: New array (type, value) carrying the legacy 15-digit Business Registration Number (CN_BRN_CD) and the organisation code (CN_ORG_CD) where available

Data improvements

  • Representatives: Representatives were previously returned only under corporations. They are now correctly split between corporations and individuals where applicable.
  • identifiers.primaryRegistrationNumber: Now populated with the Unified Social Credit Code, consistent with search results

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