We as a Chinese ICANN Accredited Registrar was invited by both Registry of CNNIC and Founder of Zodiac Holdings(aka 黄道科技) Mr. Zhuang(aka James Seng) to attend the forthcoming ICANN Registrar Event 26-27 August 2013 in Westin Xiamen.
As far as I am concerned, they will bring in the following new Chinese gTLDs:
Yes, we started some of our pre-launch marketing event.
We have an expression of interest program, but that's free. In fact, we give you rebates (as high as 200yuan) for future registration for participating in our EOI.
Basically, this allows anyone to propose a name as a "Premium Name". If it is accepted, we will reserved it to be auction later. We will share as much as 25% of the auction proceed with you.
There is a small fee for nomination tho, but from the economics, you will definitely to get back 2x the nomination fee.