Country extension · China
.yn.cn domain name
What you need to know about .yn.cn: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .yn.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 .yn.cn?
- Individuals as well as companies and organisations outside China may register a .yn.cn domain name.
- .yn.cn is subject to China's real-name verification requirement: as the registrant, you must provide the real name of a natural person.
- Are you not Chinese, and does your full name as shown in your passport contain characters outside the English alphabet, such as ä, ü, ö or é? Then CNNIC can't check your passport and the application will fail.
- If the intended registrant at a company has such a name, you can register the domain name in the name of another employee whose name has no special characters. That person must be willing to submit proof of identity to CNNIC.
- The registrant's name must exactly match the name on the proof of identity or company document, including the legal form, for example LTD.
- You must comply with CNNIC's rules and Chinese law on domain names, including CNNIC's dispute resolution policy.
- Prohibited names and uses include those that, according to CNNIC, violate the Chinese constitution or national security, or disrupt public order.
- Also prohibited are names and uses that spread pornography, gambling, violence or terror, insult or defame others, or break other Chinese laws.
- 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 you have a branch in China.
- You are fully responsible for the content of websites under the domain name. CNNIC and the registrar are not liable if the domain is suspended due to violations.
Additional details for registration
- You indicate whether you're registering as an individual or as a company or organisation.
- You provide the number and type of the registrant's proof of identity, for example passport, identity card or company registration.
- If you register as a company or organisation, you also provide the name of a responsible person. This person doesn't need to be listed on the company document.
Documents
- Individuals outside China send a scan or photo of their passport or identity card in JPEG format. A driving licence is not accepted, and your name must appear on the document.
- Companies and organisations outside China send a copy of their business licence or an extract from the trade register, plus a copy of the responsible person's passport or identity card.
- Registrants from mainland China send a copy of their Chinese identity card, not their passport. Chinese companies also send page 1 of their company document, preferably the business licence.
- Special travel and residence documents apply to registrants from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. For residence permits and the permanent residence card for foreigners, both the front and back are required.
- Documents must be in JPEG format and no larger than 1 MB.
- A signed declaration is no longer required.
Good to know when registering
- The registration is only completed after CNNIC has checked your documents. This check is always done manually, even if you've been approved before.
- If the required documents haven't been received after 8 days, the registration will fail.
- When applying, you confirm that your details are genuine, accurate and complete, and that you've read and understood CNNIC's registration rules.
- You can request a domain certificate. When doing so, state the domain name and the registrant's phone number.
Transfer
Transferring a .yn.cn
- You need a valid transfer code to transfer a domain. You must also provide a registrant with complete details.
- Real-name verification may need to be carried out again during the transfer. This requires proof of identity of the registrant.
- You must have a signed request from the registrant in advance.
- The domain must not be locked. You can see this in the WHOIS, and as the registrant you can ask your current registrar to remove the lock.
- 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, not just before it expires.
- Even for a transfer, the name of a foreign registrant must not contain special characters such as umlauts or accents.
The transfer code
- A transfer code is required.
- The registrant or the administrative contact requests the code from the current registrar.
- Check beforehand that the code is correct, because the transfer will fail with an incorrect code.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- A change of registrant requires a copy of the new registrant's passport or identity card, or the business licence if it's a company.
- Documents can be provided in JPG, PNG, GIF or JPEG format, up to a maximum of 1 MB.
- A change of registrant isn't processed immediately, so allow for some processing time.
- If the domain is currently registered through a trustee service, you can switch it to a registrant of your own. However, you can't move a domain to a trustee service the other way round.
- The new registrant's name also must not contain special characters such as umlauts or accents if they aren't Chinese.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- After an expired domain has been restored, it remains inactive until nameservers have been set 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.