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    Country-code top-level domainsDNSSEC

    Overview

    • .中国 (Simplified) and .中國 (Traditional) are internationalized country-code top-level domains (IDN ccTLDs) representing China.
    • They are managed by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) and were implemented in July 2010.
    • Punycode representations: .中国 = xn--fiqs8s; .中國 = xn--fiqz9s. The Unicode code points for 中国 are U+4E2D U+56FD, and for 中國 are U+4E2D U+570B.
    • Functionally similar to .CN, .中国/.中國 can host websites, email, FTP and other Internet services using native Chinese script.

    History

    • July 16, 2008: CNNIC initiated the "From China to the world——China domain name global upgrade action" project to promote Chinese-character domains.
    • December 16, 2009: CNNIC held an international launch event for the .中国 application with participation and support from major technology and media companies.
    • July 9–10, 2010: The TLDs were implemented/authorized into the global DNS root zone (implemented July 9, 2010; ICANN/IANA authorization reported in July 2010).
    • October 29, 2012: Registration and service for .CN and .中国 began to be handled separately; registrants no longer automatically received corresponding Chinese IDN under the other zone.

    Usage and Audience

    • Intended audience:
      • Chinese organizations, businesses, media, government entities, and service providers that prefer Chinese-script domain names.
      • Global users who want domain names displayed in Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters.
    • Typical uses: websites, portals, banking and telecom services, and official or brand-presence sites targeting Chinese-speaking audiences.
    • Notable companies involved in the launch or early support: Microsoft, Baidu, Alibaba, Taobao, Opera, Xinhua, People.cn, Sina, Tencent.

    Registration Rules

    • Allowed characters:
      • Chinese characters (supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese)
      • English letters a–z (case-insensitive)
      • Arabic numerals 0–9
      • Half-width dash ("-")
      • Combinations of the above
    • Hyphen rule: the "-" character cannot appear at the beginning or the end of a .中国 domain name.
    • Registrar arrangements: CNNIC maintains lists of accredited Chinese registrars and non-Chinese registrars for .中国 registration and services.

    Notable Cases or Examples

    Examples of websites using .中国:

    • 人民网.中国
    • 招商银行.中国
    • 中国移动.中国
    • 互联网博物馆.中国
    • 互联网中心.中国
    • 中央电视台.中国

    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:       中国
domain-ace:   XN--FIQS8S

organisation: China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)
address:      Building 4, No.9 West Road , Automobile Museum, 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:       ceo@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:       tech@cnnic.cn

nserver:      H.DNS.CN 125.208.32.1 2001:dc7:fffe:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      I.DNS.CN 125.208.33.1 2001:dc7:ffff:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      J.DNS.CN 125.208.34.1 2001:dc7:fffd:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      K.DNS.CN 125.208.35.1 2001:dc7:fffc:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      L.DNS.CN 125.208.36.1 2001:dc7:fffb:0:0:0:0:1
ds-rdata:     3991 8 2 a0175c031fe463f873ac8c8e405525013326a688dbda536ebbd06dbd4fc6ea63

whois:        whois.cnnic.cn

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.cnnic.cn

created:      2010-07-09
changed:      2025-07-18
source:       IANA

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