An introduction from the founder Pete Toms.

Source China is British owned company, based in Shanghai, with offices in Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg and Singapore, and our North American representative based in Shanghai.

I founded Source China in Hong Kong and Yuan Zhong (Source China in Chinese) in Shanghai in 2005 and 2007 respectively, after moving to China to learn Chinese, from a 15 year stay in Africa.

I realised quite quickly that although sales of goods from China were rising, there was a real need for an understanding on the ground in China for overseas clients, to cover the services that domestic suppliers often neglects; sales, aftersales and good strong communication on the vast amount of products and services on offer in China.

And this is exactly what we do; we add customer service, back-up and communications to the Chinese goods we supply.

With a small bi-lingual team in Shanghai of 8 staff, we have gained clients in many countries, who we deal with on a daily basis. And with strategic business partners in locations where our clients are based, we communicate effectively to manage the whole procurement process. We are always searching for more business partners in countries where our procurement operations are growing.

In the last several years, I, my staff and my business partners have visited clients in Angola, Brasil, Canada, Dubai, Europe, France, Holland, Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, South Sudan, UK and USA, for face to face meetings with clients. This enables us to really gain an understanding of clients business needs and their specific problems they themselves face in their businesses and particular locations, so we can fully understand what their requirements are.

We also recently sent technicians to help clients build and operate the machinery and goods we have procured in the last few years to; Angola, Brasil, Kenya, Zambia, and DRC.

Welcome to Source China, a small, very personal and professional service for your Chinese procurement needs.