CNNIC Chinese Domain Name Registration Policy Zhang Wenhui CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center

Outline Registration Architecture Registration Administrative Rules Registration contract How to register Trial Registration Status Preparation work before starting registration services with new registration policies

Registration Architecture Only for Chinese domain name, different with ASCII domain name Registry: CNNIC Registrar: 9 Registrars Agents: the agent of registrars

Registrar CNNIC SSL …………. ….…. Agent

ASCII Domain Name Registration Architecture

CNNIC: Registry and Registrar ….…. Agent

Administrative Rules Registrars, agents and applicants should abide by Chinese Domain Name should at least be composed of one Chinese Character and can be composed of letters (A-Z, a-z, case- insensitive), digits (0-9) and the hyphen (-). Each level of the domain name shall be separated by a dot (.).

Administrative Rules Applicants for domain name registration must be organizations and can independently assume civil liability. Individuals may not apply for domain name registration.

Administrative Rules Applicants must insure that the domain name is not harmful to the interests of the state, society or the public Registry,Registrar,Agent –Do not responsible for deciding whether that the domain name is not harmful to the interests of the state, society or the public

Administration Rules Should accept Chinese Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy –China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission is responsible for handling domain name disputes, and maybe other more organizations to handle disputes in future

Registry and Registrar Contract It is difficult to become a registrar, there is a standard which defined the basic conditions that registrar must meet. Registrar must sign a contract with CNNIC, this contract specify clearly each responsibilities and rights. The contract only valid for one year, next year, according to the service qualities that registrars provide, to decide whether keep the contract or not We are working on make a detailed regulation to evaluate the registrars’ services

CNNIC Rights & Responsibilities As the registry, it is CNNIC’s rights to constitute policies and regulations Fair, Open, Impartial to do the duties, and promote competition Responsible for running the centralized servers and keeping the registration data Continuing to improve the registration system First come, first serve

Registrars’ Rights & Responsibilities Abide by the Administrative Rules and Dispute Resolution Policy Be fair, open to handle the applications First come, first serve Maintain stable services Provide query services to all of the Internet users to request registration information

Ask applicant to sign the agreement which include: –Applicant would like to abide by the Administrative Rule and Dispute Resolution Policy –Guarantee to provide true application information –Insure that the domain name is not harmful to the interests of the state, society or the public Registrars’ Rights & Responsibilities

Registrars’ Rights & Responsibilities Registrars do the personal audit to help the applicants to avoid the domain name to be harmful to the interests of the state, society, or the public

How to register Register both 中文. 中文 ( 中文. 中文.CN)and 中 文.CN Register both simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese Whenever register a domain name under.CN will have the domain name under. 中国， and vice versa, so the domain names under.CN and. 中国 will be consistent forever

中国 (CN) 中国（ CN) 公司 网络 发展中国网络 发 中国（ CN) 网络公司 发發髮发發髮 展 国國国國 网網网網 络絡络絡 中国网络

Trial Registration Status Open services on Nov.7 It is trial registration to test policies and technologies CNNIC do not charge fee from registrars

Preparation works before opening registration services Stop accepting users’ registration application on Nov.1 Transparent transfer all domain names registered before Nov.1 to.CN and. 中国 Pre-register domain names: –for famous trademark –for administrative division names –for famous companies

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