About Zhengdao

Zhengdao.AI is a China trade-compliance information and consulting service. We turn official rules into verifiable, usable company procedures.

Why "Zhengdao"

"As a human being, what is the right thing to do?" — that is the origin point we believe in. Applied to import-export business, the answer is plain: apply for the licences you should apply for, screen the customers you should screen, keep the records you should keep. No speculation, no luck, no back doors. "Zhengdao" (正道) means the right path.

We have seen too many companies that did not "want to violate" the rules — they simplydid not know the rules had changed: they cited a repealed regulation, missed that their product had entered a new control list, or left the review responsibility to one salesperson's gut feeling. What Zhengdao AI does is continuously translate the shifting rules into actions a company can understand and actually take.

Our method

Every fact carries its source. Regulatory information is marked with its official origin and last-verified date; where we cannot confirm something, we write "not verified" rather than invent it.
We promise process, not outcome. There is no "guaranteed pass" in compliance. We help you do the necessary work properly and make no absolute claims.
AI for scale, humans for judgment. We use AI to track regulatory changes and structure knowledge, but every published piece is reviewed by a person.
A practitioner's view. The team has long served real manufacturing exporters — licence applications, customer screening, records and ledgers are all things we have done in practice, not theory on paper.

Division of labour with licensed attorneys

Zhengdao AI provides compliance information, training and management consulting;legal opinions, administrative reconsideration and litigation representation are handled by cooperating licensed law firms (foreign-trade and export-control focus), under separate engagement. Our role is to help you clarify the problem and prepare the materials before you meet the lawyer — which meaningfully lowers your legal-service cost.

Operating entity

This website (zhengdao.ai) is operated by Zhengdao.AI.

Nothing on this page or site constitutes legal advice. See the footer disclaimer and thefull disclaimer.

Practical verification checklist

Scope · evidence · decision trail

Use the steps below to review this page. Verify the complete official text before making a decision. Seek qualified advice when needed.

Define the decision
State the exact decision, owner, deadline, trade direction and required evidence. Do this before you search.
Identify every party
Confirm each legal name and alias. Check registration, ownership, control, intermediaries, carriers, banks and beneficial owners.
Describe the item
Record the item’s function, operating principle, material, model and performance. Include software, technology, accessories and decisive parameters.
Check classification
Treat customs and export-control classification as separate tasks. Keep the facts, assumptions and reasoning for each result.
Map the route
Confirm origin, departure, destination and transit points. Include re-export, remote access, technology transfer and each delivery path.
Verify end use
Identify the stated purpose and real operating environment. Check integration, sensitive sectors, military links and prohibited uses.
Verify end users
Check the purchaser, consignee, end user, operator and parent company. Identify anyone who can redirect or control the item.
Read the complete source
Treat a search result as a lead. Read the official scope, definitions, notes, exclusions, annexes and licence conditions.
Check current measures
Use the version effective on the transaction date. Review later notices, temporary controls, destination measures and policy changes.
Test exceptions carefully
Prove every condition before using an exception or exemption. Apply the same rule to licence facilitation and general authorisations.
Resolve contradictions
Pause when names, codes, documents, routes, prices or explanations conflict. Obtain evidence instead of filling gaps with assumptions.
Escalate uncertainty
Send unresolved questions to the compliance owner or a qualified adviser. This includes classification, ownership, use, destination and licensing.
Keep an audit trail
Keep source links, files, checksums, screenshots, search terms and results. Record the reviewer, approvals and final reasoning.
Schedule re-checks
Set a new review date for open transactions. Re-check changing parties, destinations, specifications, official lists and licences.