Generic top-level domainsIDNDNSSEC
Overview
- .公司 is an internationalized generic top-level domain (IDN gTLD) whose Chinese meaning/translation is "business organization".
- The string is represented in ASCII (Punycode) as .xn--55qx5d.
- Language/script: Simplified Chinese (Hans).
- Applicant and registry operator: China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).
History
- The .公司 string was applied for as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program (Reveal Day 13 June 2012 is referenced in application materials).
- On 14 November 2013 CNNIC received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for the .公司 string, indicating the contract for operation was executed and the string had passed necessary processes to become a registry operator.
- ICANNWiki lists the TLD status as "Contract Signed" and categorizes it under Commerce.
Usage and Audience
- The name and application materials position .公司 for use by businesses and organizations (the literal translation is "business organization").
- Registration policy contemplates both organizational and natural-person registrants, allowing enterprises and individual registrants under defined identity requirements.
Registration Rules
- Registrant categories (per the applicant response):
- Organizational Registrant: organizations representing enterprises, required to be registered under the laws of the country or region where the applicant is located and able to undertake civil liabilities.
- Natural Person Registrant: individuals registered with real identity.
- Registrars are required to strictly review identity documents submitted with registration applications and to decline applications with incoherent information, to ensure authenticity and accuracy of WHOIS records.
- Technical form: an IDN in Simplified Chinese with the Punycode ASCII form .xn--55qx5d.
Operator
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: 公司 domain-ace: XN--55QX5D organisation: China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) address: Building 4, No.9 Beijing Auto Museum West Road, Fengtai District address: Beijing 100070 address: China contact: administrative name: Yulin Liu organisation: China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) address: Building 4, No.9 West Road , Automobile Museum, Fengtai District address: Beijing 100070 address: China phone: +8610-58813000 fax-no: +8610-59116190 e-mail: ng@cnnic.cn contact: technical name: Anlei Hu organisation: China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) address: Building 4, No.9 West Road , Automobile Museum, Fengtai District address: Beijing 100070 address: China phone: +8610-59116801 fax-no: +8610-59116190 e-mail: ngtech@cnnic.cn nserver: A.NGTLD.CN 125.208.40.1 2001:dc7:ffc1:0:0:0:0:1 nserver: B.NGTLD.CN 125.208.41.1 2001:dc7:ffc2:0:0:0:0:1 nserver: C.NGTLD.CN 125.208.42.1 2001:dc7:ffc3:0:0:0:0:1 nserver: D.NGTLD.CN 125.208.43.1 nserver: E.NGTLD.CN 125.208.44.1 ds-rdata: 7354 8 2 f74d2888b4af5769011720a88a0f2235af7742ab15ae7badc3c8277c5dddaa5b whois: whois.ngtld.cn status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: http://www.cnnic.cn created: 2014-01-09 changed: 2025-07-17 source: IANA