.cn
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Introduced | 28 November 1990[1] |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | China Internet Network Information Center |
Sponsor | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Intended use | Entities connected with China |
Actual use | Very popular in mainland China[2] |
Registered domains | 20,125,764 (2023-12-31)[3] |
Structure | Names may be registered directly at the second level or at the third level within generic second-level categories or Chinese province codes |
Documents | China Internet Domain Name Regulations |
Dispute policies | China ccTLD Dispute Resolution Policy and China ccTLD Dispute Resolution Policy Rules |
Registry website | CNNIC (General) |
.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.[4]
The Chinese script internationalized country codes are ".
Second-level domains
[edit]Generic second-level domains
[edit]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:[6]
- ac.cn : Scientific research institutions
- com.cn : Industrial, commercial, financial, and other enterprises
- edu.cn : Education institutions (registration restricted)
- gov.cn : Chinese government organizations (registration restricted)
- mil.cn : Chinese national defense organizations (registration restricted)
- net.cn : Organizations providing Internet services
- org.cn : Not-for-profit organizations
政 务.cn : Party and government services (registration restricted)公益 .cn : Not-for-profit organizations (non-profit organization registration required)
Second-level domains of Administrative Divisions
[edit]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[7]). According to the "China Internet Domain Name System"[8] 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 domain names
[edit]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 ".
CNNIC proposed around this time Chinese domain names in ".
Around 15 other generic domain names with Chinese characters have later been registered. See List of Internet top-level domains#Chinese characters.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Internet Timeline of China 1986~2003". China Internet Network Information Center. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ DENIC (July 2017). "Comparison of international Domain Numbers Top 10 largest TLDs list". Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ "The 53rd Statistical Report on China's Internet Development" (PDF). China Internet Network Information Center. 2024-03-25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ "Leading ccTLDs by number of domains 2023". Statista. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Country domains: a comprehensive ccTLD list". IONOS Digital Guide. 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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中国 互联网域名 体系 .工 业和信 息 化 部 域 名 行 业管理 信 息 公示 . Retrieved 2023-01-18. - ^ 曾建勋; 刘春
燕 ; 赵琪;李 学 军 (2022-12-30).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.全国 标准信 息 公共 服 务平台 . Retrieved 2023-04-18. - ^
中国 互联网域名 体系 .工 业和信 息 化 部 域 名 行 业管理 信 息 公示 . Retrieved 2023-01-18. - ^ "Adopted Board Resolutions". Brussels: ICANN. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-15.