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Top-level Internet domain for China March 2025March 2025 .cn DotCN_domain_logo.png 28 November 1990The Internet Timeline of China 1986~2003 https://www.cnnic.com.cn/IDR/hlwfzdsj/201306/t20130628_40563.htm 2023-04-18 China Internet Network Information Center Country code top-level domain Active China Internet Network Information Center Chinese Academy of Sciences 19,562,007 2024-08-29 2024-08-29 The 54th Statistical Report on China's Internet Development https://cnnic.cn/NMediaFile/2024/0906/MAIN1725584963692Q8VURO3BX8.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20240906172647/https://cnnic.cn/NMediaFile/2024/0906/MAIN1725584963692Q8VURO3BX8.pdf 2024-09-06 2024-09-06 China Internet Network Information Center Very popular in mainland ChinaDENIC DENIC https://www.denic.de/en/know-how/statistics/international-domain-statistics/ Comparison of international Domain Numbers Top 10 largest TLDs list. July 2017 2017-07-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20170707193926/https://www.denic.de/en/know-how/statistics/international-domain-statistics/ 2017-07-07 Entities connected with China Names can be registered either at the second level, or at the third level under the generic or provincial-level administrative divisions second-level domains China Internet Domain Name Regulations China ccTLD Dispute Resolution Policy and China ccTLD Dispute Resolution Policy Rules https://cnnic.cn .cn is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the People's Republic of China. Introduced on 28 November 1990, the domain is administered by China Internet Network Information Center, a public institution affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The domain is the largest ccTLD in the world.Leading ccTLDs by number of domains 2023 https://www.statista.com/statistics/266721/sales-of-cc-top-level-domains/ 2023-10-12 Statista en The Chinese script internationalized country codes are "zh-Hans .中国" ("China" in Simplified Chinese) and "zh-Hant .中國" ("China" in Traditional Chinese). Entities connected to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan typically use .hk, .mo, and .tw, respectively,2020-09-16 Country domains: a comprehensive ccTLD list https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/domains/domain-extensions/cctlds-a-list-of-every-country-domain/ 2023-10-12 IONOS Digital Guide en-US despite the availability of corresponding second-level domains under .cn for those regions. Second-level domains Domain names can be registered either at the second level, or at the third level under the generic or provincial-level administrative divisions second-level domains. Generic second-level domains According to the "China Internet Domain Name System" published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, there are 9 generic second-level domains, two of which are internationalized:zh:中国互联网域名体系 https://domain.miit.gov.cn/ 2023-01-18 zh:工业和信息化部域名行业管理信息公示 Open registration ac.cn : Scientific research institutions com.cn : Industrial, commercial, financial, and other enterprises net.cn : Organizations providing Internet services org.cn : Not-for-profit organizations Registration restricted edu.cn : Educational institutions in China gov.cn : Chinese government organizations mil.cn : Chinese military-affiliated organizations Provincial-level administrative divisions second-level domains The two-letter abbreviations correlate with ISO 3166-2 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions—Part 2: Country subdivision code" (adapted locally as National Standard GB/T 2659.2).曾建勋 刘春燕 赵琪 李学军 2022-12-30 zh:世界各国和地区及其行政区划名称代码 第 2 部分：行政区划代码 https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbDetailed?id=F159DFC2A91847EFE05397BE0A0AF334 2023-04-18 zh:全国标准信息公共服务平台 The provincial-level administrative divisions second-level domains are with the open-registration policy. According to the "China Internet Domain Name System" published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, there are 34 administrative division second-level domains: ah.cn : Anhui Province bj.cn : Beijing Municipality cq.cn : Chongqing Municipality fj.cn : Fujian Province gd.cn : Guangdong Province gs.cn : Gansu Province gz.cn : Guizhou Province gx.cn : Guangxi Province ha.cn : Henan Province hb.cn : Hubei Province he.cn : Hebei Province hi.cn : Hainan Province hk.cn : Hong Kong Special Administrative Region hl.cn : Heilongjiang Province hn.cn : Hunan Province jl.cn : Jilin Province js.cn : Jiangsu Province jx.cn : Jiangxi Province ln.cn : Liaoning Province mo.cn : Macao Special Administrative Region nm.cn : Nei Mongol Autonomous Region nx.cn : Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region qh.cn : Qinghai Province sc.cn : Sichuan Province sd.cn : Shandong Province sh.cn : Shanghai Municipality sn.cn : Shaanxi Province sx.cn : Shanxi Province tj.cn : Tianjin Municipality tw.cn : Taiwan Province xj.cn : Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region xz.cn : Xizang Autonomous Region yn.cn : Yunnan Province zj.cn : Zhejiang Province Internationalized domains Internationalized domain names with Chinese characters may be registered at the second level under the .cn top-level domain. On 25 June 2010, ICANN approved the use of the internationalized country code top-level domains ".zh-Hans-CN 中国" (China in simplified Chinese characters, DNS name xn--fiqs8s) and ".zh-Hant-CN 中國" (China in traditional Chinese characters, DNS name xn--fiqz9s) by CNNIC.http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jun10-en.htm Adopted Board Resolutions Brussels 25 June 2010 ICANN 2012-01-15 These two TLDs were added to the DNS in July 2010. Around this time, CNNIC also proposed Chinese domain names ".zh-Hans-CN 公司" ("company" in Chinese, equivalent of ".com") and ".zh-Hans-CN 网络" (".net"). Both were delegated in January 2014 and have been active since. Around 15 other generic domain names with Chinese characters have later been registered. See List of Internet top-level domains#Chinese characters. See also .hk (Hong Kong) .mo (Macau) .tw (Taiwan also known as the Republic of China) References China Internet Domain Name Regulations External links Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Domain Name Industry Management Information Public Notice China Internet Network Information Center Accredited Registrar List IANA WHOIS for .cn autocollapse Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Internet in China Category:1990 establishments in China Category:Internet properties established in 1990