China To Start "Million IDN Sites" Plan

[Giant]

2007年4月10日，中国互联网络信息中心（CNNIC）推出“百万中文.CN网站打造计划”，力争通过宣传普及中文域名价值，推动一百万个网站开通中文.CN域名，从而为中国网民打造出一个便捷的中文上网环境。

信息产业部、国务院新闻办公室、中央机构编制委员会办公室、CNNIC工作委员会的领导出席了会议。同方股份有限公司、新浪网、京杭大运河申遗网站等机构代表在会上分享了启用中文.CN域名的经验。

为推进“百万中文.CN网站打造计划”，中国互联网络信息中心将继续在信息产业部统一领导和部署下，一如既往地在政策、研发、技术标准和服务等方面投入资源和支持，联动 IE7.0、Netscape、Opera、Firefox等浏览器，在全国范围内举办大规模巡展，帮助企业快速注册和应用；协助推动各地新闻网站、各地政府、事业单位、企业网站开通中文.CN域名；同时，针对广大网民在全国进行大规模中文上网知识普及等，推动母语上网全方位发展。可以预见，2007年将成为中文.CN域名的启用普及年。

中文.CN在全球互联网上的应用环境已经日臻完善，“百万中文.CN网站打造计划”的推出，旨在解决当前中国互联网发展的基础性瓶颈，解决历史上“非母语上网”存在的障碍，让更多的普通大众都可以通过熟悉的母语中文上网，提高网络应用效率，从而使中国互联网能够更广泛地服务于大众。

Anyone care to translate? Thanks.


Perhaps my analysis has finally persuaded China to start working on IDN.Ascii and forget about IDN.IDN for now. Congrats!

[jacksonm]

If I got it right (used babelfish translator), CNNIC will be going on tour in May around the country giving demos about how the new browsers support IDNs and they will be promoting the registration of IDN.cn sites, doing on-the-spot domain registrations. Also, it seems as if they will use "网民" as the mapping for the .cn extension.

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[DavyBUK]

Thrust to Chinese domain names
By Chen Jialu (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-11 09:30


China yesterday launched a platform with the goal of notching up 1 million Chinese-character domain names, a move marking a new era for Chinese Web surfers to trek the information highway in their native language.

Microsoft announced late last year that its new Internet Explorer 7 browser and Vista individual operating system could support Chinese domain names, a crucial technological breakthrough that allows the application, paving the way for the new thrust by the Chinese domain name registrar.

Announcing the initiative, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) called it its final effort to break the language barrier on the English-dominated Internet.

"Chinese domain names are a must for domestic Internet development and are also an urgent need of Chinese Net users," said Mao Wei, the head of CNNIC. He predicted that within two years most Chinese will surf the Internet in Chinese language.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchin...ent_847894.htm

[Alphamale]

Originally Posted by DavyBUK

Thrust to Chinese domain names
By Chen Jialu (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-11 09:30


China yesterday launched a platform with the goal of notching up 1 million Chinese-character domain names, a move marking a new era for Chinese Web surfers to trek the information highway in their native language.

Microsoft announced late last year that its new Internet Explorer 7 browser and Vista individual operating system could support Chinese domain names, a crucial technological breakthrough that allows the application, paving the way for the new thrust by the Chinese domain name registrar.

Announcing the initiative, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) called it its final effort to break the language barrier on the English-dominated Internet.

"Chinese domain names are a must for domestic Internet development and are also an urgent need of Chinese Net users," said Mao Wei, the head of CNNIC. He predicted that within two years most Chinese will surf the Internet in Chinese language.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchin...ent_847894.htm

hello Japan, earth calling Japan, do you read me? is there anyone out there?
way-to-go China. Japan you suck ass

[rhys]

Originally Posted by Alphamale

hello Japan, earth calling Japan, do you read me? is there anyone out there?
way-to-go China. Japan you suck ass

Well the chinese have always been better at those kind of massive aspirational campaigns. Movement in Japan is going to come from the private sector and grassroots - don't expect anything similar to this. Hard to say what will be more effective.

[touchring]

CNNIC campaign is purely a commercial PR - they are making good money from every idn sold.

[Prodigy]

[quote=jacksonm]If I got it right (used babelfish translator), CNNIC will be going on tour in May around the country giving demos about how the new browsers support IDNs and they will be promoting the registration of IDN.cn sites, doing on-the-spot domain registrations. Also, it seems as if they will use "网民" as the mapping for the .cn extension.

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Dude, the .cn extension is already mapped.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by rhys

Well the chinese have always been better at those kind of massive aspirational campaigns. Movement in Japan is going to come from the private sector and grassroots - don't expect anything similar to this. Hard to say what will be more effective.

China has a lot more ccTLD registrations both IDN and ASCII period.

I would think there are already well over a Million Chinese Character names in circulation already. Even CNNIC alone must now be getting fairly close to that mark.

[Prodigy]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

China has a lot more ccTLD registrations both IDN and ASCII period.

I would think there are already well over a Million Chinese Character names in circulation already. Even CNNIC alone must now be getting fairly close to that mark.

1,171,685 .cn domain regs (1,874,604 including 2nd and 3rd level) as of February 2007. With their promotional pricing I don't even want to imagine the lift that they've had.

[Giant]

Originally Posted by ChinaStar

Dude, the .cn extension is already mapped.

Wrong! You misunderstand the word "mapping" we use for zone file. Using the "private" zone files at ISP level to redirect IDN extention domains to work is not what we mean IDN.IDN.

Originally Posted by touchring

CNNIC campaign is purely a commercial PR - they are making good money from every idn sold.

This is not just a campaign by CNNIC. It's a serious effort from many departments of the Chinese government --- Ministry of Information Industry, the Prime Minister's Office....

"信息产业部、国务院新闻办公室、中央机构编制委员会办公室、CNNIC工作委员会的领导出席了会议。"

[Prodigy]

Originally Posted by Giant

Wrong! You misunderstand the word "mapping" we use for zone file. Using the "private" zone files at ISP level to redirect IDN extention domains to work is not what we mean IDN.IDN.

You're probably right, I don't know much about computers, gizmos and technology.

The main gist of what I wanted to say via "it's already mapped" is that it already has a designated IDN extension: .中国.

It will not change to .网民.

[jacksonm]

Originally Posted by Giant

This is not just a campaign by CNNIC. It's a serious effort from many departments of the Chinese government --- Ministry of Information Industry, the Prime Minister's Office....

They need to pay for the 30000 member blog policing force...

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[blastfromthepast]

ChinaStar are you getting paid to promote .CN by the Chinese Government?

[Prodigy]

How did you know? It's a part time job, quickly becoming full time!

[DavyBUK]

CNNIC Urges Websites To Use CN Domain Name
April 13, 2007

With the support of China's Ministry of Information Industry, the Information Office of the State Council, the State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform and China Academy of Sciences, the China Internet Network Information Center has formally launched a "One Million Websites Using Chinese Domain Names" program.

CNNIC survey results show that 15% of the Chinese Internet users can write down about 10 commonly used English domain names when surfing online; over 90% of internet users believe it is easier and more convenient to remember and use Chinese domain names for online surfing; and about 53% of Chinese netizens believe that giving priority to developing Internet services within a native language environment will help promote the development of the country's Internet business.

CNNIC says that in 2007, all the mainstream browsers based on Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera and Firefox will support Chinese-language domain names. They will also hold touring lectures to popularize Internet use of .CN domain names.

Chinese officials have often said that China's Internet security is best maintained by the use of .CN domain names because China has more direct control over those top-level domain name servers and registrars, while China has very little control over .COM or other TLD services.

http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/04...n-domain-name/