A factory, not a trading company with a factory photo.

01Three types

The first question is not "can they make it".

It is "who am I actually talking to". These three are not interchangeable, and a platform that blurs them is worse than a phone book.

02Four states

What "verified" is allowed to mean.

The word is doing a lot of work on other platforms. Here it is one of four labels, each with a stated scope and a date.

03Evidence

Seven fields, or it is not a record.

A capability without a source is a claim. A source without a scope is a trap: ±0.02 mm on a 40 mm part is not ±0.02 mm on a 600 mm part.

04First three categories

Chosen because the capability can be written down.

A category only works here if a buyer can specify it and a workshop can be measured against it. Apparel and wigs fail that test; machined parts pass it.

05First four cities

Where the density is.

Four cities, not twenty-one. A profile is only worth writing where someone can actually go and stand on the floor.

06The register we start from

448 companies the province has already designated.

Every profile here starts from a government list, not from a form somebody filled in. These are the 2025 专精特新 designations — the provincial scheme for specialised, refined, distinctive small and medium manufacturers — in the four cities we cover.

08What we do not do

The list that makes the other list believable.