China connector: set up, manage and verify in Monitor
China e-invoicing comes with country-specific steps that can slow teams down, and authentication is the first of them. Until your China connector is authenticated, it can't send or receive invoices. That step is now yours to complete in Monitor, whenever you are ready. We keep the connection to the tax authority running. You decide when to switch it on.
Activate your China connector yourself. A guided flow from start to finish, at your own pace.
Download the official OFD invoice. The cleared invoice exactly as the tax authority issued it, straight from the e-invoicing toolbox.
Activate your connector in one guided flow
It all happens on one screen. Enter your account details, request an SMS code to your registered phone number, enter the SMS code and then scan the QR code to complete facial recognition in the State Taxation Administration app. Confirm in Monitor, and your connector is active.
Click through the flow before you start:
The verification codes are time-limited, so if one runs out, or you step away before you're finished, you can start the flow again as often as you need.
Stay ahead of expiring Tax Agent IDs
Your Tax Agent IDs tell the tax authority which agent is authorised to invoice on your behalf, and they don't last forever. When one expires, sending and receiving stops for that Tax Agent.
So Monitor keeps them in plain sight. Add as many Tax Agent IDs as your connector needs, see them all in the connector details, and get a warning as an expiry date approaches, while there's still time to act. The first ID you verify is what brings your connector to life.
Download the invoice the tax authority cleared
Whenever you need to prove an invoice really cleared, whether for an audit, a customer query or your own records, the proof is already in Monitor. Once an invoice reaches a cleared state, you can download the official OFD file straight from the e-invoicing toolbox, exactly as the tax authority issued it, carrying the invoice identifier, QR code and digital signature that prove it cleared.
OFD is China's official fixed layout format, the human-readable rendering of a cleared e-fapiao. It's similar in purpose to a PDF, but OFD is the format the Chinese ecosystem expects.
You activate your connector and manage your Tax Agent IDs, so you can be live in China sooner and stay live without interruptions. We keep the connection to the tax authority running and the rules behind it up to date, so the parts you handle stay simple.✨
Want to know more about self-service connectors, or have activation switched on for your Monitor? Get in touch with our team and we'll take it from there.
The ecosio Product team