Country extension · China
.mo.cn domain name
What you need to know about .mo.cn: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .mo.cn
- Country
- China
- Registry
- cnnic.cn
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 1 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 7 working days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 13
- Quarantine after deletion
- 15 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .mo.cn?
- Individuals as well as companies and organisations both inside and outside China can register a .mo.cn domain name.
- The registry CNNIC requires mandatory real-name verification. The registrant must provide the real name of a person and prove their identity.
- If you're not Chinese and your name contains special characters such as ä, ü, ö or é, CNNIC can't check your passport and the application will fail. Use a name without such characters, exactly as it appears on your ID.
- If the registrant is a company and the contact person's name contains special characters, you can provide another person within the company whose name has no special characters and who is willing to be verified.
- The registrant's name must exactly match the name on the ID or company document, including the legal form, such as LTD.
- You must comply with CNNIC's rules and Chinese domain name legislation, including CNNIC's dispute policy.
- You're not allowed to register or use a domain name that, according to CNNIC, goes against the Chinese constitution or harms national interests. The same applies to spreading rumours, pornography, gambling or violence, and to infringing the rights of others.
- If your website's web server is located in mainland China, you need a valid ICP number from the Chinese ministry MIIT. This is only possible if the registrant has a business establishment in China.
- If you're a Chinese registrant using the domain for a website, an ICP licence is mandatory.
- When you register, you must confirm that you're providing correct and complete details, that you've read CNNIC's rules and that you comply with the content rules for websites.
- You're fully responsible yourself if the domain is suspended because the rules have been breached. CNNIC and the registrar are not liable if use of the domain is interrupted.
Additional details for registration
- You state whether the registrant is an individual or a company or organisation.
- You provide the real name of a person. For a company, this is the responsible person, who doesn't have to be listed on the company document.
- You state the type of ID or company document, for example a passport, a Chinese identity card or a business licence.
- You provide the number of that ID or company document.
Documents
- Individuals outside China send a scan or photo of their passport or identity card showing the registrant's name. A driving licence is not accepted.
- Companies and organisations outside China send a scan or copy of their business licence, company certificate or extract from the commercial register. A copy of the responsible person's passport or identity card is also required.
- Individuals in China send a copy of their passport or Chinese identity card. Residents of mainland China must use their Chinese identity card.
- Companies in China send a copy of the contact person's ID and a copy of page 1 of the company certificate, preferably the business licence.
- Residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan can use a mainland travel permit or residence permit. A permanent residence card for foreigners is also accepted.
- For a residence permit for residents of Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan, and for a permanent residence card for foreigners, provide both the front and the back.
- For a registration, the documents must be provided in JPEG format, with a maximum size of 1 MB.
- A signed declaration is no longer required.
Good to know when registering
- The registration is only completed once the documents have been received and CNNIC has checked them manually.
- If the documents haven't been received after 8 days, the registration fails.
- Even if the registrant has already been approved before, the registry still checks manually.
Transfer
Transferring a .mo.cn
- To transfer a domain, you need a transfer code. The registrant's details must also be provided.
- Sometimes the real-name verification still has to be carried out during the transfer.
- You need a signed request from the registrant before the transfer is started.
- The domain must not be locked. You can check this in the WHOIS. If there's a lock on it, the registrant can ask the current registrar to remove it.
- The domain must be older than 60 days, otherwise the transfer will be refused.
- The expiry date must be more than 15 days in the future, otherwise the transfer will be refused. So start in good time and not just before the domain expires.
The transfer code
- A transfer code is required to transfer a .mo.cn domain name.
- The registrant or the administrative contact requests the code from the current registrar.
- Check beforehand that the code is correct, otherwise the transfer will fail.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- To hand over the domain to someone else, you need a copy of the new registrant's ID or business licence.
- The documents can be provided in JPG, PNG, GIF or JPEG format, with a maximum size of 1 MB.
- A change of registrant isn't processed immediately. Allow for some waiting time.
- A domain registered through a trustee service can be moved to your own registrant. Moving a domain to a trustee service isn't possible.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- After being restored from quarantine, the domain is inactive until the nameservers have been set up again. It then becomes active again automatically.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website cnnic.cn
- Dispute resolution policy www1.cnnic.cn
- Registry terms and conditions www1.cnnic.cn
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.