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Denmark emulated the Chinese feat of winning their group by blowing away Japan to top the Purple pool.
The win puts China into a semi-final with Indonesia the probable opponents while Denmark will take on South Korea in the last four on Wednesday.
Of the two teams China's women were the marginally more impressive, their players dispatching Korea without breaking sweat.
World number two Gong Zhichao led the procession, toying with Si Jin-Sun in the first singles rubber to win 11-3, 11-4 in just 17 minutes.
Not to be outdone, Dai Yun scored a heavier victory against Jung Yeon-Kyung to win 11-3, 11-2 in 18 minutes.
Gong Ruina sealed the win by beating Kim So-Yeon with an identical score to Dai's in the third rubber.The two remaining rubbers in the best-of-five match were to be played played later Monday.
"I'm confident our team can win the Uber Cup," China coach Li Yongbo said after his side secured the win.
"All our players are playing at a good level and we are in good condition.Now we just have to wait for the semi-finals," said Li, who was able to rest former All England and world champion Ye Zhaoying.
China's opponents in the last four are likely to be Indonesia, favourites for the runners-up spot in the Pink Group.
Top spot in the Indonesians' group went to Denmark, who were too good for the Japanese.
World champion Camilla Martin beat Yasuko Mizui 11-3, 11-1 before the skilful doubles pair of Helene Kirkegaard and Rikke Olsen overpowered Yoshiko Iwata and Haruko Matsuda 15-7, 15-3.
Mette Sorensen gave the Danes an unbeatable lead in the match in the third rubber, tormenting and teasing Takako Ida with some superbly executed drop shots on her way to an 11-3, 11-1 win.
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