.中信

Overview

• .中信 is an internationalized domain name (IDN) brand top-level domain representing CITIC Group.
• ASCII (Punycode) representation: .xn--fiq64b.
• Language/Script: Chinese (Simplified).
• Purpose: Intended as an online brand, brand-protection mechanism and unified namespace for CITIC Group and its associated services.

History

• Applicant / Registry / Manager: CITIC Group Corporation.
• Application: Applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program (Reveal Day 13 June 2012).
• Registry Agreement: ICANN issued a Registry Agreement signed by CITIC Group Corporation on 15 October 2013.
• Delegation: .中信 was delegated into the DNS root zone on 18 January 2014, becoming one of the first "dot-brands" to be delegated.

Usage and Audience

• Primary audience: CITIC Group, its subsidiaries, employees and internal services.
• Secondary / potential audience: CITIC's customers, business partners and other parties if CITIC chooses to open registrations beyond the corporation.
• Intended uses cited by the applicant: brand protection, delivering a trusted official online presence, consolidating and unifying the conglomerate's online assets, and offering customized personal domains, homepages, email accounts and applications to customers, employees and partners.

Registration Rules

• TLD type: IDN, Brand TLD.
• Operator/Registry model: CITIC Group Corporation operates the registry and indicated it will run a "thick" registry — storing both technical and social (registrant) information centrally.
• Eligibility/restrictions: Described as a branded TLD for CITIC Group; intended primarily for the corporation, its subsidiaries and related parties, with possible future opening to customers, employees and partners as determined by CITIC.
• Pricing / projections: The application forecasted about 9,800 domain names by year three at a wholesale price of RMB 400 per domain per year (approx. US$63.56 at the time).

SEO and Brand Impact

• Brand positioning: Presented by the applicant as a mechanism to protect and promote the CITIC brand online, consolidate online properties, and deliver the "right impression and message" to end users.
• Trust and security: The application emphasizes that .中信 domains will be perceived as official, trusted and securely managed by CITIC Group, enhancing trust among customers and partners and increasing brand equity.

Notable Cases or Examples

• .中信 was among the early dot-brand strings delegated to the root zone following the New gTLD Program, with delegation completed on 18 January 2014.

% IANA WHOIS server
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% This query returned 1 object

domain:       中信
domain-ace:   XN--FIQ64B

organisation: CITIC Group Corporation
address:      95 Floor,CITIC Tower,No.10 Guanghualu,Chaoyang District
address:      Beijing 100020
address:      China

contact:      administrative
name:         Xiaohui Ji
organisation: CITIC Group Corporation
address:      95 Floor,CITIC Tower,No.10 Guanghualu,Chaoyang District
address:      Beijing 100020
address:      China
phone:        +861059661088
fax-no:       +861059660088
e-mail:       jixh@citic.com

contact:      technical
name:         Zhaoyuan Yao
organisation: CITIC Group Corporation
address:      95 Floor,CITIC Tower,No.10 Guanghualu,Chaoyang District
address:      Beijing 100020
address:      China
phone:        +861059661011
fax-no:       +861059660011
e-mail:       yaozy3@citic.com

nserver:      A.ZDNSCLOUD.CN 203.99.24.1
nserver:      B.ZDNSCLOUD.CN 203.99.25.1
nserver:      C.ZDNSCLOUD.COM 203.99.26.1
nserver:      D.ZDNSCLOUD.COM 203.99.27.1
nserver:      F.ZDNSCLOUD.CN 116.169.54.111
nserver:      G.ZDNSCLOUD.COM 223.72.199.37
nserver:      I.ZDNSCLOUD.CN 2401:8d00:1:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      J.ZDNSCLOUD.COM 2401:8d00:2:0:0:0:0:1
ds-rdata:     9361 8 2 68ad16c70c11245f8efbc2798b069d8983ae1b2f3dd5e0fa65a8f386da1b9042

whois:        whois.gtld.knet.cn

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: 

created:      2014-01-09
changed:      2025-02-14
source:       IANA