1. What is the meaning of .中国 written into the global root domain name system?
Like such top-level domain names as .cn and .com, it will formally become top-level domain names for general use all over the world.
2. What is a Chinese domain name?
1) According to the announcement of the Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China on the Chinese Internet domain name system, “Three Chinese top-level domain names, 中国, 公司 and 网络, will be set up in addition to the top-level domain name CN.
2) A “Chinese domain name” specially refers to a .中国 domain name, for example, 联想.中国.
3) According to the announcement on the domain name system of the Ministry of Information Industry, .中国 is a Chinese top-level domain name identifying China on the Internet, and .CN is an English top-level domain name identifying China on the Internet.
3. What are the main contents of the global upgrading action of Chinese domain names?
Contents of the upgrading action:
1) By the date when the .中国 domain names are written into the global root domain name system, all the registration users of 中文.CN domain names will automatically acquire corresponding 中文.中国 domain names, without having to apply for registration separately.
2) After .中国 domain names are written into the global root domain name system, all the 中文.中国 domain names automatically acquired will be simultaneously upgraded to the Chinese Domain Name global root domain name system registration database and realize access to the global Internet.
Explanations:
In order to help 中文.cn domain name users to maintain their network brand assets, the domain name that each registration user automatically acquires is one automatically corresponding to 中文.cn. For example, 北大.cn will acquire 北大.中国, and 新浪.cn will acquire 新浪.中国.
After Chinese domain names are formally put into use, all the Chinese domain names automatically acquired will be upgraded into the Chinese Domain Name global root domain name registration database and become the first group of global registration users of Chinese Domain Names.
4. How long will the Chinese domain name updating action last? How long will CNNIC’s time for promoting the action be?
The Chinese domain updating action will last until: the date when .中国 is formally written into the global root domain name system; CNNIC will also keep promoting this action and the popularization of the Chinese domain names.
5. What opportunities and challenges will be confronting enterprises as a result of writing .中国 into the global root domain name system?
For China Internet users, Chinese domain names are no doubt the best brand vehicles for enterprises and institutions whose brand name is in Chinese. Chinese E-commerce will obtain the same treatment with that of English E-commerce because of the reduction of the opportunity cost brought about by the limitation of English domain names, which will indirectly promote the development of Chinese E-commerce at a scale of several hundred million.
For transnational corporations, Chinese domain names will be more favorable for their localization and online marketing.
The application and promotion of Chinese domain names will increase the number of netizens and promote the development of online economy. Enterprises will be the most direct beneficiaries.
6. As we know, among the Chinese top-level domain names temporarily set up in the announcement of the Ministry of Information Industry, there are .公司 and .网络 besides .中国. When will these two Chinese top-level domain names will be written into the global root domain name system?
According to the resolution of the ICANN Paris Annual Meeting in June 2008, the top-level domain in Chinese to be written into the global root domain name system that will be only .中国. No other plans have been announced at present.
7. Why or with what background will the CNNIC initiate the Chinese domain name global updating action?
To avoid the registration rush heat that may arise after the Chinese domain names are written into the global root domain name system, to maintain the upgrading right of the existing registration users, and to prevent unnecessary loss brought about to everyone by registration rush.
To facilitate netizens’access to the Internet by using full Chinese domain names, and to improve the convenience of network access and the overall penetration of the Internet, the CNNIC has launched this action.
In order to help users be upgraded (simultaneously) to Chinese domain names so as to carry out online brand planning and upgrading at the earliest time, the CNNIC has launched this action.
8. What significance or value will the global upgrading action of Chinese domain names mean to domestic netizens?
The upgrading action will be of great significance to netizens’ future application and the full Chinese Internet access cause. At this stage, enterprises will complete their Chinese domain name layout and perfect their online brand planning. When the gate is opened next year, the basic contents of application will become very complete on this basis. This will facilitate the future use of the Internet by netizens. As above mentioned, this will facilitate netizens to visit the Internet by using full Chinese domain names and improve the convenience of Internet access and the overall penetration of the Internet.
9. What significance or value will the global upgrading action of Chinese domain names mean to enterprises?
From international experience, we learn that after the release of a new domain name, there will arise a registration peak period. According to the statistics of the EU Council, after the top-level code of the EU was open for registration to EU residents, within 100 minutes, the number of people registered reached 300 thousand. This constitutes a huge threat to the Chinese domain names of enterprise brands. Therefore, we help enterprises to set up Chinese domain names in advance. It is easy to discover this point among transnational corporations, which have a perfect protection system and attach great importance to protection in advance.
In the long run, the upgrading action will provide a platform for enterprises to participate in the competition of the age of full Chinese Internet access.
10. What is the starting time for the use of Chinese domain names?
According to the schedule of the ICANN, it is estimated to be 2009. The specific time is still to be decided by the ICANN. Please pay attention to the related movement.
11. How will Chinese domain names be used?
After .中国 is formally written into the global root domain name system, like using English domain names before, users may have access to the related websites by directly putting in .中国 in their browsers. Or example, putting in 联想.中国 in a browser, one may have direct access to the website of Lenovo.
12. What is the greatest advantage of Chinese domain names?
The greatest advantage of Chinese domain names lies in easy use and easy memory. For example, Microsoft has had very high recognition, but not many people can accurately spell “Microsoft”. This affects the promotion of the enterprise website and online marketing to a great extent. The use of Chinese domain names will effectively avoid this trouble and facilitate memorization.
At present, typing in Chinese has been very much popularized, and people are also very much used to it. Also, while putting in Chinese domain names, one will not have to change method of input, as the English character “.” is equivalent to the Chinese stop “。”. As a result, Chinese domain names are easier for use on the basis of easy memory.
13. What is the future application prospect for Chinese domain names?
The future application of Chinese domain names is still based on meeting the demand for facilitating netizens’ use of the Interne, which is fundamental.
From the development of Chinese domain names will be extended a series of full Chinese online application, for example, Chinese email. They are a whole and part of the cause of full Chinese access to the Internet.
14. Does the problem of analysis exist for Chinese domain names? What are the support conditions of browsers? After the start of formal use, will the support of client software be needed?
No. At present, mainstream browsers can completely realize the direct analysis support of Chinese domain names. After .中国 is written into the root domain name system, one can directly put in words such as 联想.中国 in his/her browser for access of the corresponding websites.
In fact, since the publication of a series of international Internet standards related to Chinese domain names such as RFC3743 and RFC4713, Chinese domain names have acquired the direct support of such industries as the global Internet industry, the software industry and system integration, and have become application standards applicable all over the world.
At present, browsers such as IE7, IE8, VISTA, Firefox, Netscape, Safari and Opera all support Chinese CN domain names, and the installation of any client software is no longer needed. At the same time, Chinese domain names will also realize obstacle-free analysis.
15. Will the input of Chinese domain names, in particular, the need to change method of input while putting in “.”, be very troublesome?
“.” will be equivalent to “。”. That is, putting in 联想.中国 and 联想。中国 can both accurately direct you to the website of Lenovo Company.
16. After the opening in 2009, will the .中国 domain names registered prior to this be affected? Will re-registration be needed?
The .中国 domain names registered prior to this will not be affected, and no re-registration is needed.
17. What are the registration rules for Chinese domain names at present?
At present, Internet users may automatically acquire a corresponding .中国 domain name in Chinese when registering for a Chinese .CN domain name.
18. What restrictions and regulations does the CNNIC have on the registration of Chinese domain names?
Please refer to the provisions in the Administration of China Internet Domain Names Procedures. The domain names registered and used by any organization or individual shall not have the following contents:
(I) contents against the basic principles determined by the Constitution;
(II) contents endangering state safety, disclosing state secrets, overthrowing state power and destroying national unity;
(III) contents damaging state reputation and interests;
(IV) contents instigating ethnic hatred, ethnic discrimination or destroying the unity of various ethnic groups;
(V) contents breaching state religious policies or propagating evil cults and feudal superstition;
(VI) contents spreading rumors, disturbing social order and destroying social stability;
(VII) contents spreading obscenity, eroticism, gambling, violence, murder, terror or enticing criminal offenses;
(VIII) contents insulting or defaming others or infringing upon others’ legal rights and interests;
(IX) other contents forbidden by laws and administrative regulations.
