What's the best way to find a Chinese factory?

Since you don't mention the specific type of business you are in, I can only refer you to these two web sites.

http://ezinearticles.com/?id=1548316

http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=113108

You want to go to:  www.alibaba.com and submit your buying request there.  I am purchasing solar panels, etc from a Chinese supplier.  I have not been hit with any spam.  They are quite professional towards your needs.  Be tolerant in their use of english.  I think its something in the translation software that transposes the grammer. 

Hello,

I spent alot of time online searching for suppliers directly in China. I did have alot of success without going to China. I found a Printing Company , A mold injection company , and a Magnet supplier all just using online contacts, I must admit though it was not until I got my samples in hand that I was able to be 100% positive that I had not been taken. I have all the contact info for those companies if you wish. But I think you want the product made entirely in China as I had them ship me all of my parts and I do all of the assembly here in the states. You did not state what type of product or services you are looking for in China. Be more specific without disclosing the detail of your product or type of services you need such as ,electronics, toys , clothes ect... I could contact my manufacturers and get names from them for companies that may help you instead of sending your money and getting nothing in return. I was lucky and spent over $30,000 for products and never lost one cent in the deals.

Hi Sarah,

This is a process that you can follow if you want to get a good Chinese supplier.

1-      Do a search on sites like: Alibaba, Tradekey, made-in-china and global sources

Look for suppliers of the products or manufacturing operations that you are interested in.

2-      Contact those that look most promising after reviewing their profiles and websites. See if you think they have the experience and resources for your product.

3-      Once you have found the suppliers that look the best, get a local third party to review them for you. It is good to visit a factory and a local third party is a cost effective way to do this.

4-      When you have established that a supplier(s) looks good, then you can go visit them to confirm that they know what you want made and that they can do it.

Step 4 is not essential, but it is good to see where your product will be made. Also, if you have followed all the other steps, then you can be pretty sure that our trip to China won’t be a waste.

There are some videos about this that you can see here.

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-find-the-right-chinese-supplier-for-your-product

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-find-a-good-chinese-supplier-3

And here is an article on the topic as well.

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Find-a-Good-Chinese-Supplier&id=2639782

Clint

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There are many chinese B2B webpage such as alibaba.com on internet . They already find you if you leave a message regarding to your request. :)

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