Made-in-China.com has unveiled SourcingAI, an artificial intelligence assistant intended to help overseas buyers search for and assess Chinese suppliers more quickly. The company said the tool is designed to reduce some of the friction in cross-border procurement, where buyers often have to sift through large volumes of listings and verify unfamiliar counterparties before placing orders.

The platform lets users search in plain language, by image, by technical drawing, by product specifications and by brand or model. Made-in-China.com said the system is built on a database of more than 2.5 million suppliers, 110 million product listings and more than 6,300 categories, covering areas such as machinery, electronics, building materials and auto parts.

Trust and verification remain central to the pitch. The company said suppliers with Audited Supplier status are checked by inspection firms including SGS, Bureau Veritas, TÜV Rheinland and CTI, while the system also weighs business credentials, production capability, scale and trading history. In a previous announcement, Made-in-China.com said an earlier version of SourcingAI was aimed at improving sourcing efficiency by up to 35% and incorporated nearly three decades of verified trade data.

The new launch also follows a multilingual rollout that the company said was meant to make technical and compliance information easier to interpret across markets. That version emphasised localised terminology rather than direct translation, reflecting the practical difficulties buyers face when comparing supplier data across languages and product standards.

Made-in-China.com framed SourcingAI as part of a wider move to automate more of the sourcing process, from discovery to shortlist creation. The company said the goal is to help buyers reach a smaller set of apparently suitable suppliers sooner, though the effectiveness of any such system will still depend on the quality of the underlying data and the strength of individual supplier vetting.

Source: Noah Wire Services