| Namecheap | Hover | Porkbun | Godaddy | Gandi | NameSilo |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $9.87 | N/A |
The average price of a .中国 domain is $9.87.
The cheapest place to buy a .中国 domain is Gandi for $9.87.
.中国, also known as the Chinese IDN ccTLD, is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for China in the global internet. Operated by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), this domain is dedicated to Chinese website owners and functions similarly to .CN in providing infrastructure for websites, email, FTP, and other services. The use of .中国 offers several benefits, including easy promotion to Chinese-speaking demographics, convenience for Chinese typists, automatic transcoding for Traditional Chinese characters, a Chinese identity, compliance with People's Republic of China laws, and increased likelihood of obtaining ideal domain names due to the abundant inventory.
The process of acquiring a .中国 domain name began in Beijing on July 16th, 2008, when CNNIC initiated the "From China to the World——China Domain Name Global Upgrade Action." In December 16th, 2009, CNNIC held an application launch ceremony for .中国 with various well-known companies in attendance. The application was officially submitted to ICANN on that day. ICANA authorized IANA to write .中国 into the global DNS root zone on July 10th, 2010, allowing internet users to directly access associated sites using the domain name in their browser address bar. Since October 29th, 2012, .CN and .中国 have been registered and serviced separately. Registrants must follow specific domain naming rules when registering a .中国 domain name, which can include Chinese characters, English characters, numbers, and hyphens. The registrable duration ranges from 1 to 10 years. Some well-known websites using the .中国 extension include People's Daily online portal (人民网.中国), China Merchant Bank (招商银行.中国), China Mobile (中国移动.中国), and China Internet Museum (互联网博物馆.中国).