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	ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION INDUSTRY ON CHINA INTERNET DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM

	(promulgated on November 22, 2002)


SUBJECT : INTERNET; DOMAIN NAME
ISSUING DEPARTMENT : MINISTRY OF INFORMATION INDUSTRY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ISSUE DATE : 11/22/2002
IMPLEMENT DATE : 11/22/2002
LENGTH : 447 words
TEXT :

In order to promote the development of the Internet in China and to safeguard the secure and reliable operation of China Internet Domain Name System, the following proclamation is hereby made in accordance with Article 6 of the China Internet Domain Name Regulations. It is provided in Article 6 that "China Internet domain names system shall be promulgated by the Ministry of Information Industry in the form of proclamation":

I. The domain names at each level of China Internet Domain Name System may be composed of letters (A-Z, a-z, capital letters and small letters have the same effect), numbers (0-9), hyphen (-) or Chinese Characters, the domain names at each level shall be connected by a solid dot (.), and the Chinese domain names at each level shall be connected by a solid dot or Chinese full stop (¡£).

II. Aside from the top-level domain name "CN", 3 Chinese top-level domain names, "ÖÐ¹ú" (China in English)¡¢ "¹«Ë¾" (Company in English)¡¢ "ÍøÂç" (Internet in English), are set up in China Internet Domain Name System for the present time.

III. Under the top-level domain name CN, two kinds of English second-level domain names "category domain name" and "administrative area domain name" are preliminarily set up.

There are 6 "category domain names", including:

AC-applies to scientific and research institutions;
COM-applies to industrial, commercial and financial enterprises etc;
EDU-applies to Chinese educational institutions;
GOV-applies to Chinese government agencies;
NET-applies to institutions providing Internet services; and
ORG-applies to non-profit organizations.

There are 34 "administrative area domain names" applying to the organizations of the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and special administrative regions, they are:

BJ-Beijing Municipality;
SH-Shanghai Municipality;
TJ-Tianjin Municipality;
CQ-Chongqing Municipality;
HE-Hebei Province;
SX-Shanxi Province;
NM-Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region;
LN-Liaoning Province;
JL-Jilin Province;
HL-Heilongjiang Province,
JS-Jiangsu Province;
ZJ-Zhejiang Province;
AH-Anhui Province;
FJ-Fujian Province;
JX-Jiangxi Province;
SD-Shangdong Province;
HA-Henan Province;
HB-Hebei Province;
HN-Hunan Province;
GD-Guangdong Province;
GX-Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region;
HI-Hainan Province;
SC-Sichuan Province;
GZ-Guizhou Province;
YN-Yunan Province;
XZ-Tibet Autonomous Region;
SN-Shannxi Province;
GS-Gansu Province;
QH-Qinghai Province;
NX-Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region;
XJ-Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region;
TW-Taiwan Province;
HK-Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;
MO-Macao Special Administrative Region.

IV. Second-level domain names may be applied for directly under the top-level domain names.

V. No organization or individual may interfere with the normal operation of the Internet domain name system within China by any means.