Partly ''(see Characters)''
Supported
1 to 5 years
4 days
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Real-Time
whois.cnnic.net.cn
24 to 48 hours
.CN is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of China.
Companies located in China, as well as companies or corporations who have business with China.
* Minimum: 3
* Maximum: 63
* Letters and numbers
* Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD
* IDNs only for chinese characters beneath .CN and not under Third-Level .CN Domains.
.CN domains can be registered online through webinterface or API.
.CN domains can be deleted by the registry after registration if the domain violates any of the restrictions.
Registrant changes for .CN domains can be done online via api or webinterface.
[COMMAND]
command = ModifyDomain
domain = yourdomain.cn
ownercontact0 =
EOF
.CN domains can be renewed through the webinterface or with the corresponding API command.
[COMMAND]
command = RenewDomain
domain = yourdomain.cn
period =
expiration =
EOF
.CN Domains can be deleted online through the Delete Command.
* Registrants of net.CN Domains must comply to the General Terms and Conditions of .CN Domains:
* General Policies under http://www.cnnic.cn
* China Internet Domain Name Regulations http://cnnic.com.cn/html/Dir/2005/03/24/2861.htm
* CNNIC Internet Domain Name Registration Administration http://www.cnnic.cn/html/Dir/2003/11/27/1522.htm
* CNNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy http://cnnic.com.cn/html/Dir/2003/12/12/1977.htm
* Rules for CNNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy http://cnnic.com.cn/html/Dir/2003/12/12/1980.htm
* Prohibited Uses for .cn domain names. Registrant may not register or use a domain name that is deemed by CNNIC to:
** Be against the basic principles prescribed in the Constitution of the Peoples Republic of China (“PRC”);
** Jeopardize national security, leak state secrets, intend to overturn the government, or disrupt of state integrity of the PRC;
** Harm national honor and national interests of the PRC;
** Instigate hostility or discrimination between different nationalities, or disrupt the national solidarity of the PRC;
** Violate the PRC’s religion policies or propagate cult and feudal superstition;
** Spread rumours, disturb public order or disrupt social stability of the PRC;
** Spread pornography, obscenity, gambling, violence, homicide, terror or instigate crimes in the PRC;
** Insult, libel against others and infringe other people' s legal rights and interests in the PRC; or
** Take any other action prohibited in laws, rules and administrative regulations of the PRC.
.CN Domain-Transfers are possible. Upon successfully transfering a domain, it is automatically renewed for one year. The registration period is extended by one year.
* Please ensure, that you have a correct “Authorisation Code” associated with the domain, before initiating the transfer, otherwise it will fail.
* Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (REGISTRAR-LOCK or HOLD). This can be seen in the WHOIS. If the domain is locked, then the owner can demand that this be unlocked.
* Initiate the transfer on time and not just shortly before the domain expires. Transfers will be denied by the registry if they are not requested at least 16 days prior to a domain's expiration date.
* Please ensure that the domain is older than 60 days otherwise the transfer will be denied.
* .CN Domain-Transfers can either be done through the RRPproxy WebInterface or API.
* A .CN Domain Transfer must be initiated with a so-called "Authorisation Code", which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.
* Please note that you need a signed request from the registrant before you initiate the transfer.
.CN Transfers take up to 5 to 10 days
Restores are not possible at this point in time.