China Internet Network Information Center

The China Internet Network Information Center (), or CNNIC, was founded as a non-profit organization on June 3, 1997.

CNNIC is the administrative agency responsible for Internet affairs under the Ministry of Information Industry of the People's Republic of China. It is based in the Zhongguancun high tech district of Beijing.

CNNIC Responsibility Areas

Domain Name Registry Service

CNNIC is responsible for operating and administering China’s domain name registry. CNNIC manages both the “.CN” country code top level domain and the Chinese Domain Name system (Internationalized domain names that contain Chinese characters).

As of January 2009, CNNIC only opens the CN domain to registered businesses. Trend Micro suggests this move is still not enough to stop modern security threats from the .cn domain.

IP Address and Autonomous System Number (AS Number) Allocation Service

CNNIC allocates Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and AS Numbers to domestic ISPs and users. CNNIC is a National Internet Registry (NIR) acknowledged by the Asia-Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC). In late 2004 CNNIC launched an “IP......
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