We are excited to announce that ecosio's Global E-invoicing Compliance solution is now live for China, enabling enterprises to issue and receive fully digitalised electronic invoices (e-fapiao) in line with the requirements of the State Taxation Administration (STA). Businesses operating in China can now onboard with ecosio and manage their end-to-end e-invoicing flows through a single, globally consistent platform.

With China's clearance-based model already mandatory for VAT-registered entities, this milestone gives multinationals a reliable path to compliance without the overhead of building or maintaining direct integrations with local tax authority systems.

What e-invoicing in China means for your business

China operates a clearance-based Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) model, administered by the State Taxation Administration (STA) through the Golden Tax System (GTS). Since 1 December 2024, all taxpayers nationwide are authorised to issue fully digitalised e-fapiao, and paper and legacy invoice formats are being progressively phased out. Since 2025, e-fapiao is steadily becoming the standard VAT invoice format for B2B, B2G, and B2C transactions.

Because foreign entities cannot connect directly to the STA, and operational controls such as facial recognition authentication, red-letter corrections, and 10-year in-country archiving apply, running China e-invoicing at scale requires an integrated, compliance-ready approach.

How Global E-invoicing Compliance simplifies China e-invoicing

With Global E-invoicing Compliance, you can meet China's e-fapiao requirements without building or operating direct integrations with Chinese tax authority systems. Our solution provides:

• STA-compliant clearance orchestration, transforming ERP data into compliant XML and managing submission, clearance, and retrieval of official artefacts (invoice number, QR code, digital signature, timestamp).

• Compliant local connectivity covering authentication (including facial recognition), issuance, and archiving in line with STA rules.

• Support for the full document scope, that is: Special VAT e-fapiao, General VAT e-fapiao, and red-letter (credit) invoices for corrections.

• Operational visibility into invoice status, errors, and pending authentications through ecosio Monitor.

• Global coverage, enabling you to manage China alongside every other country where you operate through one single platform.

Ready to connect?

Visit our China country page for detailed technical specifications, or contact our sales team today to start onboarding and ensure your business is fully compliant with China's e-fapiao requirements.

The ecosio Product team