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... China connects more people to the Internet than any other country. ... Registrants of existing .cn domain names with Chinese characters, ... Skiptomaincontent Home News RegisteringTopLevelDomainnamesinChina ECCPNews RegisteringTopLevelDomainnamesinChina SubmittedbyAlinaDanieles… on12May2020 InternetusageistrulyboominginChina,withmorethan701million‘netizens’(asofDecember2016),ChinaconnectsmorepeopletotheInternetthananyothercountry.Infact,everyfourthpersonontheInternetisfromChina.Facilitatedbytheincreasingavailabilityofbroadbandtechnologyandthegrowingtrendtowardsonlineshoppingandpurchasing,theInternetisanattractivebusinessandmarketingplatformformanyEuropeanSMEs.TheChinaInternetNetworkInformationCenter(CNNIC)hasalsonowremovedbarrierstooverseascompaniesandindividualstoregisterdomainnamesinChina,anditisrecommendedthatEuropeanSMEstakeadvantageofthisiftheyareplanningonenteringtheChinesemarketorarealreadyinChina. DomainNameRequirements FromMay2012,.cnand.中国domainnameregistrationsbecameavailableagainforprivateindividualregistrations(bothChineseandoverseas).Theprocesstakesafewweeksandcurrentlycosts€50-€100. Thefollowingstepsarerequired: -TranslateyourdomainnamesintoChineseandfindanaccreditedregistrarusingeitherofthesesources(domainnameregistrationmustbecompletedthroughanaccreditedregistrar). Internationalregistrars-.cn:http://cnnic.com.cn/IS/CNym/CNymzcfwjgsq/ Internationalregistrars-.中国:http://cnnic.com.cn/IS/zwym/zgymzcfwjg/ -Check(theregistrarcandothisonyourbehalf)iftheparticular.cndomainnameisavailableforregistrationusingtheCNNICdomainnameregistryavailableinEnglishhere: http://www1.cnnic.cn/ -Completeanapplicationformwithbusinesssealofapplicantcompany(tobeprovidedbyyourregistrar) -Provideacopyoflocalbusinesscertificateinyourhomecountry(orcopyofpassport,drivinglicenceorotherofficialID,ifyouapplyasanindividual).A‘LetterofCommitment’mustbesignedbytheregistrant(tobeprovidedbyyourregistrar);thesewillbekeptbytheCNNIC. -Submittingoriginalsisnotrequired,norarecopiesoftrademarkcertificatestoproveapriorrighttotherequesteddomainname. TheserestrictionsarebothgoodnewsandbadnewsforEuropeanSMEs.ThegoodnewsisthattheremovalofthelocalpresencerequirementsenableEuropeanSMEstoregister.cnand.中国domainnames,usingtheirEuropeancompanydataandbusinesscertificates.ThiswillenableEuropeanSMEstoregister.cnand.中国domainnames,withoutneedingtoestablishalocalbusinessunitwithinChina.Theflipsideofthecoin,however,isthatafteranimmenseeffortbytheChineseauthoritiestomakethe.cnnamecleanfromfakeregistrants,thesameremovaloflocalpresencerequirementsmayagainmakethe.cnand.中国domainnamesanattractivespaceforcybersquattersandotheronlinecriminals,nowthatthesedomainnameshavebecomeeasiertoregister.Bykeepingtherequirementofcopiesofbusinesscertificatesandpassportsforprivateindividualregistrations,onecanhopethatthe.cndomainspacewillnotbeasattractivetocybersquattersasothercompletelyautomatedtopleveldomainnamessuchas.comand.net.Acybersquatterisanindividualorfirmthatregistersadomaininbadfaith,withtheintenttosellittotherightfulownerataninflatedprice. Thenew.中国(.China)topleveldomain InJuly2010,CNNIClaunchedthe.中国domainnamewhichwasthenofficiallyreadyforuse.AccordingtoCNNICmorethan90%ofChinesegovernmentaldepartmentsandmorethan95%ofnewswebsiteshadalreadyactivated.中国domainnames.Thenew.中国topleveldomainnameisalsoexpectedtofurtherpromoteChinesecontentonwebsites.Meanwhile,forEuropeanbusinesses,thenew.中国topleveldomainname(TLD)willprovideaninexpensiveandefficientwaytoreachChineseconsumersintheirownlanguage. Whataretherulesforregistering.中国domainnames? Registrantsofexisting.cndomainnameswithChinesecharacters,suchasforinstance中文.CN,willautomaticallybegrantedthesamedomainnameusingthe.中国TLDinbothsimplifiedandtraditionalChinese. IfSMEswishtoregisteradomainnamecontainingChinesecharactersbothunder.cn(中文.cn)andunder.中国(中文.中国)SMEswillhavetofiletworegistrationapplications. Furthermore,itispossibletocombineChinesescriptswithLatincharacters,Arabicnumbers(0-9),andthehyphen,‘-’,whenregisteringunder.中国. Take-awaymessage: RegisteringChinesedomainnamesisnowaquick,cheapandrelativelysimpleprocess.ToreapthebusinessrewardsofreachingChineseinternetsurfersintheirownlanguage,EUSMEsshouldtakecaretoregistertheircompanyandtrademarkdomainnamesasearlyaspossibleinChina. TheChinaIPRSMEHelpdesksupportssmallandmediumsizedenterprises(SMEs)fromEuropeanUnion(EU)memberstatestoprotectandenforcetheirIntellectualPropertyRights(IPR)inorrelatingtoChina,HongKong,MacaoandTaiwan,throughtheprovisionoffreeinformationandservices.TheHelpdeskprovidesjargon-free,first-line,confidentialadviceonintellectualpropertyandrelatedissues,alongwithtrainingevents,materialsandonlineresources.IndividualSMEsandSMEintermediariescansubmittheirIPRqueriesviaemail(question[at]china-iprhelpdesk.eu)andgainaccesstoapanelofexperts,inordertoreceivefreeandconfidentialfirst-lineadvicewithin3workingdays. TheChinaIPRSMEHelpdeskisaninitiativebytheEuropeanUnion.  TolearnmoreabouttheChinaIPRSMEHelpdeskandanyaspectofintellectualpropertyrightsinChina,pleasevisitouronlineportalathttp://www.ipr-hub.eu/. China IPR SME Helpdesk domainname registration ThirdCountry China Loginorregistertopostcomments SharethisArticle