TLD Information



Zone Info
.CN is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of China.

Zone Use
Companies located in China, as well as companies or corporations who have business with China.

Characters (Min.3, Max.63)
Letter and numbers, hyphens "-", however not at the beginning or directly infront of the TLD.

Registration period
1 to 5 Years

Add Grace Period
4 Days (Add grace period is the period in which you can delete a domain and receive the refund of costs involved.)

Autorenew Grace Period
0 Days (The autorenew grace period is the period in which your domains will get autorenewed without an immediate debit of the respective costs. During the autorenew grace period you still have the possibility of deleting the domain.)

Deletion process
Is the process necessary for you to complete a domain deletion:

.CN Domains can be deleted online through the Delete Command.

Deletion timeframe
This refers to the deletion period in which your domain deletion command must be received by, in order not to have the domain renewed and charged accordingly:



IDN capable
Only for chinese characters beneath .CN and not under Third-Level .CN Domains.

Restrictions
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 name. 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.

Registry
NeuLevel Inc.

Dispute Policy
http://www.cnnic.com.cn

WHOIS-Update
24 - 48 hours

WHOIS-Server
whois.cnnic.net.cn

Registration System
Real-Time

Transfers
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 note that at this point in time it is only possible to transfer .CN Domains between NeuLevel accredited registrars only.

Transfer procedure
- .CN Domain-Transfers can either be done through the us WebInterface or API.

- A .com.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.

Transfer notes
a.) Please ensure, that you have a correct "Authorisation Code" associated with the domain, before initiating the transfer, otherwise it will fail.

b.) 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.

c.) Initiate the transfer on time and not just shortly before the domain expires.

d.) Please ensure that the domain is older than 60 days otherwise the transfer will be denied.

Transfer time
5-10 days