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.cn domain

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Meaning and history

China is the most populous country in the world with its approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants. On its way through the World Wide Web, China has improved significantly in recent years. Thus, the growth opportunities of the Chinese domain .cn have also grown noticeably. Many of the previous restrictions have been lifted, even though the Chinese government still has strict guidelines for the allocation of domains.

The .cn is the country-specific top-level domain of China. It has existed since 1990 and has about 17 million registered domains. It is administered by the "China Internet Network Information Center". Interestingly, despite all the difficulties, the Chinese domain ending is the third most popular domain ending, after .com and .tk, but still before .de.

Chinese domain extensions with high requirements

For example, the domain extension .cn is primarily used for services and products of companies that want to establish themselves on the Chinese market. Not allowed are pornographic or obscene contents as well as websites that glorify violence or violate marriage. Gambling is also not permitted. Domains or their websites may under no circumstances violate the basic principles of the country.

The award goes only to companies

The requirement for registering a .cn domain name is a company registered with the Chinese authorities. For the registration a copy of the passport, a business license and a Chinese contact person must be presented. If you have applied for the "Certificate of Organization Code" you also need to submit this code to register the .cn domain. Thus, China only allows internationally operating companies to register a Chinese domain. The contract period is 12 months and is renewed annually. It is currently not possible for private persons to purchase a .cn domain.

Comply with strict requirements

If you want to register a Chinese domain and at the same time use the servers of the People's Republic of China, you need a "MIIT ICP Recording Number". This is then sent by the registrar to the CNNIC. The Chinese government reserves the right to delete .cn domains via the registry or to refuse registration in case of violations. The allocation of .cn domains is also allowed on second and third level. Also on the second level there are domains for the Chinese provinces, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, which have a TLD (.hk, .tw and .mo).

Special features of the domain extension

The Chinese registry requires the submission of the following documents/data for the validation of the holder data: Companies: Current excerpt from the commercial register Private individuals Copy of your passportAfter you have ordered your .cn domain name, you will immediately receive all information about the exact steps of the validation process.if you want to use a webserver located in the People's Republic of China, you need a valid Chinese "MIIT ICP Recording Number", which you can apply for directly at the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) under the following link: http://www.miibeian.gov.cn Please note that websites under .cn domains may not contain pornographic, obscene, defamatory, violent topics or gambling. Furthermore, the content must not violate the principles of the People's Republic of China. In individual cases, the Chinese registry reserves the right to delete domains that violate the official terms and conditions without prior warning. The customer himself is responsible for the compliance with these terms and conditions (see also our terms and conditions and the issuance guidelines at: http://cnnic.com.cn/PublicS/fwzxxgzcfg/201208/t20120830_35734.htm).Besides .cn domains, there are three so-called third level domains available, which are especially interesting for search engine optimization: .com.cn - the commercial ending under .cn .net.cn - the network ending under .cn .org.cn - the organization ending under .cn .tw.cn - the Chinese ending for Taiwan

Features

Registration period of the domain

The registration of a .cn domain usually takes about 1 week

Minimum and maximum length

3 - 63 characters

Transfer to the Premium Provider

Change of ownership (registrant)

Provider change possible

Whois update possible

Whois Privacy Protection

Name Server Update

Domain Expire (end of term)

Deletion immediately

Umlauts possible

Restore after deletion possible

A reactivation is possible within the first 45 days after deletion (99 € incl. 19 % VAT)

Forms and conditions

The allocation conditions for .cn domains can be found in our overview.

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