.cn domains

China

.CN domain registration is open to any person or company, regardless the contry of residence. This characteristic is valid since 29th May 2012.

So far, more than 14 million .cn domains were registered, but due to a change in their registration policies in year 2010 caused that only Chinese companies could register .cn domains, prohibiting the registration by individuals and foreign companies. After this change, the number of .cn domains dropped to 11 million.

Rates and features

.cn

19,95 €

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Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	19,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	150,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Residency requirements / Membership:	More information below
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

.com.cn

19,95 €

More information below

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	19,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	150,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Residency requirements / Membership:	More information below
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

.net.cn

19,95 €

More information below

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	19,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	150,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Residency requirements / Membership:	More information below
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

.org.cn

19,95 €

More information below

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	19,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	150,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Residency requirements / Membership:	More information below
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.cn domain life cycle

				30 days	15 days
	Domain registration		Expiration date			Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Renew grace period	Redemption period		Domain available

Renew Grace Period
Redemption Period

Permitted characters

.cn domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.

Residency requirements

The following requirements for registrants outside China are effective as of Monday, September 3, 2012:

For individuals outside of China:

Applicants need to submit a scan or photo copy of an official document that could prove the identity of the registrant: ID card, passport, driver license, etc. All documents provided as a proof of identity must feature the name of the registrant.

For companies and organizations outside of China:

Applicants need to submit a scan or photo copy of their business license / business certificate or an excerpt from the commercial register
The contact ID (Handle) needs to provide a contact name for the responsible person in the company/organization. A copy of passport or ID is not required.

Registrants from inside China or Hong Kong cannot be accepted.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.cn domain registrations are immediate.

After register a .cn domain the owner data must be validated, if the validation is not done the Registry will disable the domain until the owner is validated.

If a domain is disabled or cancelled because the owner is not validated the amount will not be refunded.

Transfers

To be able to complete .CN domain transfers you'll need your current registrar to give you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key, with it you'll be able to verify your domain's ownership.

Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars allow to accept transfers manually, contact your current registrar and find out if they offer this service, in this case the transfer will complete the same day.

More information about .CN domain transfers

The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Renewals

You can renew your .CN domain at any moment, this process can take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.

Cancellations

It's possible to ask for the cancellation of your .CN domain, you'll have to do it opening a ticket (support area). Please note the domain cancellation involves no refund of the domain registration fee.

DNS modifications

DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.