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Full Form of CNNIC

Full Form: China interNet Network Information Center
Category: Internet
Sub Category: Internet Terms

What is CNNIC Full Form?

CNNIC is full form China interNet Network Information Center

What is China interNet Network Information Center?

Operation, Administration and Service organization of national network fundamental resources
CNNIC is a registry of domain names and root zone operator. It operates and administers country code top level domain of .CN and Chinese domain name system, and provides 24-hour services of domain name registration and resolution as well as WHOIS lookup for worldwide users with its professional technologies.

CNNIC is a member of Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) as a National Internet Registry (NIR). As the convener of IP Address Allocation Alliance, CNNIC is responsible for providing allocation and administration services to China’s Internet service providers (ISPs) and Internet users and promoting the transition to Internet of next-generation based on IPv6 in China.

2. Research, Development and Security center of national network fundamental resources
CNNIC constructs a world-leading, efficient and safe & stable service platform for fundamental network resources. It provides multi-level and multi-mode not-for-profit services for fundamental network resources, and seeks to make a breakthrough in the core competence of fundamental network resources and self-developed devices and softwares so as to improve the reliability, security and stability of China’s system of fundamental network resources.

3. Research and consulting services driving force for Internet development
CNNIC is responsible for conducting surveys about the Internet including survey on the development status of China’s Internet, and it gives a description of the macroscopic picture of the development status of China’s Internet and records its development faithfully. CNNIC will continue to beef up its support for the research of government policies on one hand and provide not-for-profit research and consulting services for Internet development for enterprises, users and research institutes on the other hand.