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cn
.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.
Generic second-level domains
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:
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
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). According to the “China Internet Domain Name System” 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
: Inner Mongolia 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
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 “.中国” (China in simplified Chinese characters, DNS name xn–fiqs8s) and “.中國” (China in traditional Chinese characters, DNS name xn–fiqz9s) by CNNIC. These two TLDs were added to the DNS in July 2010.
How to Apply to Become a Registrar
https://www.cnnic.com.cn/syjszc1/ApplyRegistrar/201508/t20150807_52708.htm