China Plus One legal checklist for multinationals
Use this operational checklist to assign the legal files behind a proposed supplier, production, tooling, entity or destination change.
Workflow guide
One programme, separate legal owners.
Preserves propositions identified as reviewed in the August 2026 legacy article. Added workflow structure and expanded orientation are subject to refreshed legal review. This is the legal workstream checklist; the steering-committee spoke separately records approval and conditions.
Define, investigate, allocate, then approve
These are governance stages, not statutory timelines.
Do not compare countries until the product and target-market facts are stated.
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Assign the complete file
Selections remain in this browser. Reviewed legacy points are preserved; additions are subject to legal review.
Keep the checklist and board record distinct
Answers are orientation and subject to legal review.
Who owns the checklist?
Joint ownership is required. Trade, corporate, compliance, finance, product, data and destination teams own different files under a named programme lead.
Does a completed checklist approve the project?
No. It shows workstream status. The steering-committee record documents approval, conditions and triggers.
When should a workstream reopen?
Reopen it when a controlling supplier, BOM, process, country, importer, end-use, ownership, claim or legal rule changes.
Connected workstreams
Use current authority and the spoke that owns the substantive question.
Continue the legal workstream
Open only the file triggered by the proposed change.
Origin and Customs Risk
Test the applicable origin question and evidence.
Open specialist route →02 · SupplierUFLPA Supply Chain Audit
Build the upstream importer evidence file.
Open specialist route →03 · ApprovalSteering Committee Checklist
Record conditions and re-review triggers.
Open specialist route →Escalate before the legal conclusion becomes a commercial commitment
Use the record built on this page to obtain fact-specific advice.
The controlling facts are incompleteDo not convert an evidence gap into an approval.
A claim, filing or shipment is imminentConfirm the current rule and responsible legal person.
A supplier, process, ownership or law changesReopen the affected analysis and approval record.
General information only. Reviewed legacy propositions are preserved; expanded workflow content is subject to refreshed legal review and is not legal advice.
