1 January 2010Trademarks

New regulations for registering domain names in China

Companies seeking to register .cn domain names should beware of the potential dangers, says Xiang Gao.

China’s Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), authorised by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT), has responsibility for operating and administering China’s domain name registry: the .cn country code top level domain (ccTLD) and the Chinese Domain Name (CDN) system. A Chinese domain name contains Chinese characters.

On December 15, 2009, MIIT circulated a notice about a special campaign to handle online pornographic content, directing responsibility to different authorities and organisations in China, including CNNIC and accredited service registrars. Because some operators of pornographic websites had been evading supervision by frequently switching domain names and IP addresses, MIIT specially required CNNIC and the service registrars to take the following measures:

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