Country extension · China
.ha.cn domain name
What you need to know about .ha.cn: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .ha.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 .ha.cn?
- Individuals and organisations can register a .ha.cn domain, both inside and outside China.
- CNNIC requires real-name verification. As the registrant, you provide a person's real name and supply an ID document. This applies to registrations, transfers and registrant changes.
- The registrant's name must exactly match the name on the ID document or company document, including the legal form, such as LTD.
- If you live outside China, the name on your ID document must not contain characters that aren't used in English, such as ä, ö, ü or é. Otherwise CNNIC can't verify your passport and the application won't succeed.
- Registering for a company and the contact person's name contains such characters? Then choose another person within the company whose name doesn't contain those characters and who is willing to provide an ID document to CNNIC.
- You must supply genuine, accurate and complete documents and confirm that you have read and understood CNNIC's rules and policies.
- You must comply with all rules for the content of websites under the domain. If you break them, you are fully responsible, even if the domain is suspended. CNNIC and the registrar are not liable if use is interrupted.
- A domain name must not conflict with the Chinese constitution or legislation. Prohibited activities include threatening national security, inciting hatred or discrimination, spreading rumours, and pornography, gambling, violence or terrorism.
- If your website's web server is in mainland China, you need a valid ICP number from the Chinese ministry MIIT. You can only get one if the registrant has a branch in China.
- You must comply with CNNIC's terms and conditions, the Chinese domain name regulations and CNNIC's dispute resolution policy.
Additional details for registration
- Whether the registrant is an individual or an organisation.
- The type of ID or registration document of the registrant, for example a passport, Chinese identity card or business licence, plus its number.
- For an organisation, the name of a responsible person within the organisation. This person doesn't need to appear on the company document.
- An ICP number, if the web server is in mainland China.
Documents
- Individuals outside China: a scan or photo of your passport or identity card showing your name. A driving licence is not accepted.
- Organisations outside China: a scan or copy of the business licence or an extract from the commercial register, plus a copy of the responsible person's passport or identity card.
- Individuals inside China: a copy of your passport or Chinese identity card. If you're from mainland China, you supply your Chinese identity card, not a passport.
- Organisations inside China: a copy of the contact person's ID document and page 1 of the company certificate, for example the articles of association or, preferably, the business licence.
- Registrants from Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan can supply a mainland travel permit or residence permit, or a permanent residence identity card for foreigners.
- For the Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan residence permit and the permanent residence identity card for foreigners, you need both the front and the back.
- Supply documents for a registration as a JPEG file of no more than 1 MB.
- A signed letter of commitment is no longer required.
Good to know when registering
- CNNIC checks every application manually, even if the registrant has been approved before. This means registration isn't completed instantly.
- If the documents still haven't been received after 8 days, the registration will fail.
- You can request a domain certificate. You'll need the domain name and the registrant's phone number for this.
Transfer
Transferring a .ha.cn
- A registrant is mandatory for a transfer. Real-name verification with an ID document may also be needed in that case.
- You need a signed request from the registrant before the transfer can start.
- The domain must not be locked, for example by a registrar lock or hold. You can see this in the Whois. If the domain is locked, the registrant can demand that the lock be removed.
- 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 the domain expires.
The transfer code
- You need a transfer code to transfer a domain. The registrant or the administrative contact requests it from the current registrar.
- Check in advance that the code is correct. With an incorrect code, the transfer will fail.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- The new registrant must supply a copy of an ID document or passport or, for an organisation, a business licence.
- Supply documents for a registrant change as a jpg, png, gif or jpeg file of no more than 1 MB.
- A registrant change isn't processed instantly, so allow for some waiting time.
- If the domain is registered in the name of a trustee service, you can switch it to your own registrant. Switching a domain to a trustee service isn't possible.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- After a domain has been restored, it is initially inactive and has no nameservers. As soon as nameservers are linked to the domain again, it automatically becomes active again.
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.