[COLOR=“Blue”][SIZE=“4”]According to information from foreign domain name registration service providers, China Internet Network Information Center has required these providers to suspend new registrations for dot CN domain names.
However, this change only applies to new dot CN registrations. CN registrants can still manage their existing dot CN domains. Dot CN domain transfer and CN domain renew requests are not affected with Chinese domain registars.
This is reportedly a new measure launched by CNNIC to enhance its management of dot CN domain names. [/SIZE][/COLOR]
[COLOR=“Blue”][SIZE=“4”]…Other major non-Chinese registrars such as Go Daddy have also removed the ability to register .cn domains from their sites.
Another latest news is about CN domain renew, as reported, most non-Chinese CN registrars have been prohibited to carry out CN domain renewal, but no limit to CN domain name transfer into Chinese domain registrars.[/SIZE][/COLOR]
Not exactly, CNNIC guys prohibited non-Chinese registrars to renew dot CN domain names, but not to Chinese registrars, i think this is based on the idea of protecting native CN domain registrars.[/COLOR]
The reason for guys to register dot CN domain name
The Dot CN TLD
What’s so special about dot CN domain name? Well, dot CN is just an ordinary country code top-level domain (for the People’s Republic of China), which has recently been registered by a great part of the registrants worldwide. This is largely due to the fact that after dot CN domain registration policy has been liberalized, many Chinese residents (as we know, China is the country with the biggest population in the world and meanwhile - one of the fastest developing IT markets) preferred this TLD over the generic top-level domains.
We are agree with only one thing that the policy is bad and not good in interest of chinese people itself.
Unfortunately they are not allowing .cn domains hosting outside China also as they are not authenticating non-.cn domains. We have a .com domain for NS purposes. They are not allowing my customer, who has a .cn domain, to change the NS records to our .com domain.
[COLOR=“Blue”]According to a report at RRPproxy, .Cn registry CNNIC has temporarily halted overseas registrars from registering .cn domain names on behalf of registrants. The move comes after CNNIC cracked down on registrations last month to clean up the .cn namespace.
The notice says overseas registrars won’t be able to register .CN domains “starting with January 6, 2010, 18:00 PM (Beijing Time). The registration stop is planned to be temporarily. According to the Chinese registry, difficulties in handling the comprehensive new application material are the reason for this drastic development.
The new application material is required since the middle of December 2009, when CNNIC suddenly changed its registration policies.”
The RRPproxy report also notes that China has added other restrictions:
Since January 1st, 2010, China domestic registrants are no longer allowed to register a .CN domain via an oversea registrar.
If any registrant’s business license or personal ID are not in Chinese or English, he has to file in a notarized English translation of these documents for domain name application starting with January 15th, 2010, 9:00 AM (Beijing Time).
I guess this prediction that GoDaddy would benefit from CNNIC’s crackdown may not come to fruition since the company will now need to cease offering .cn domain names. As of the time of writing, .cn domains are still listed as an option at GoDaddy. [Update: Go Daddy Sr. Director, Domain Registration Services, Rich Merdinger, informed me that the registrar received notice from NeuStar this morning about the changes. It later received notice from CNNIC. It has removed .cn as a new registration option.[/COLOR]
Since dot CN domain names are country code domain names, the rules and regulations for transferring between Registrars is governed by dot CN Registry CNNIC.
Please review the following before attempting to [transfer a dot CN domain name](http://www.todayisp.com/):
Dot CN domain names cannot be transferred within the first 60 days of initial registration.
Dot CN domain names scheduled to expire in fewer than 14 days will not be allowed to transfer.
You must use the authorization code which you obtain from the current registrar to [transfer dot CN domains](http://www.todayisp.com/).
You must submit corresponding scanning pictures of organization code certificate (or business license with color seal) and CN domain registrant's ID card (or passport) for CN domain name audit.
[Dot CN domain names ](http://www.todayisp.com/)registered through China-based registrars cannot be transferred into non-China based registrars.