• Country
  
  China
• Region
  
  Asia
• Extensions
  
  • cn
  • com.cn
  • net.cn
  • org.cn
  • 中國
  • 公司
  • 網絡
  • province abreviation : ac.cn / ah.cn / bj.cn / cq.cn / fj.cn / gd.cn / gx.cn / gz.cn / ha.cn / hb.cn / he.cn / hi.cn / hk.cn / hl.cn / hn.cn / jl.cn / js.cn / jx.cn / ln.cn / mo.cn / nm.cn / nx.cn / qh.cn / sc.cn / sd.cn / sh.cn / sn.cn / sx.cn / tj.cn / tw.cn / xj.cn / xz.cn / yn.cn / zj.cn /

• Requirements
  

  i.Overseas individual

  Flowing documents are required to mail to [email protected].

  1. A copy of the registrant's ID Card or passport.
  2. A color scan copy of the “Letter of commitment(indidual)” with signature.

   

  ii.Overseas organization

  Flowing documents are required to mail to [email protected].

  1. A copy of the company's certification.
  2. A color scan copy of the “Letter of commitment(organization)” with organization's stamp.

  *The Countries outside China eligible to register a .cn domain is listed below.

  Anguilla, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Canada, Canada（Ontario）, (Canada)British Columbia, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Cayman Island, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey Island, Kingdom of Thailand, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Philippines, Romania, Russia, Singapore, The Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Republic of Mauritius, The Republic of Indonesia, Tonga, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, The British Virgin Islands, Republic of Seychelles, belize, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Republic of Liberia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, FYR of Macedonia, Slovenia, Guernsey, Portugal

   

  iii. Organization or individual in China

  Flowing documents are required to mail to [email protected].

  1. A copy of contactor's ID Card
  2. A copy of Organization Code Certificate of the People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国组织机构代码证)
  3. A copy of BUSINESS LICENSE FOR ENTERPRISE LEGAL PERSON (企业法人营业执照)
  4. A color scan copy of “Letter of commitment” with organization's stamp

  *MIIT's ICP Recording No., It is required when registered CN domain resolved to a server hosting in China.

• Characters
  

  (a) Minimum: 3

  (b) Maximum: 63

  (c) comprise of letters and numbers

  (d) A domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen "-" or contain a hyphen "-" on the 3rd and 4th position.

  (e) IDNs only for chinese characters beneath .CN and not under Third-Level .CN Domains.

• Number of years allowed for registration
  

  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 years

(a)Ownership Transfer rules 

* Registrant Organization Information Modification Application Form with the business seals or signature of both current and acquiring parties are required to submit to CNNIC through registrar.

* Photocopies or scanned version documents of both current and acquiring organizations??business licenses and personal IDs are required to submit to CNNIC through registrar.

(b)Registrar Transfer-In

1. Domain is allowed to transfer if the expiration date is more than 30 days away.

2. Domain transfer is needed to pay the renewal fee at least 1 year.

3. Auth code is required.

4. Domain cannot be transferred if the domain name expiration date is less than 15 days away.

* Domain Name Information Modification Application Form with business seal or signature is required to submit to CNNIC through registrar. Download here

* For registrant name change, photocopies or scanned version documents of personal IDs for both original and new person are required to submit to CNNIC through registrar. All related documents are necessary for auditing and processing. After completion of the modification, the status of the domain(s) will be ServerUpdateProhibited.

*the applicant will be informed by Net-Chinese by e-mail to renew the domain name

90 days, 45 days and 30 days before the domain name expiration date*

*the applicant will be informed by Net-Chinese by e-mail to renew the domain name after the domain name expiration date*

1. The introduction and information of the domains in the website are for reference only. The applicant should fully acknowledge and agree that all the domain names should comply with the Domain Name Registration Agreement of all gTLDs and ccTLDs of ICANN （The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers）, the Domain Name Management Regulation, the Dispute Resolution, other related regulations and the policy requirements of the highest authority of each domain.

2. The regulation of the renewal of each domain is different and might be amended occasionally. Please pay and finish the domain renewal 30 days before the expiration date; if the renewal date is within 30 days before the expiration date, Net-Chinese will handle the domain name renewal according to the regulations of each registry. The additional charge should be at the applicant’s own expense.