Country extension · China
.jl.cn domain name
What you need to know about .jl.cn: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .jl.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 .jl.cn?
- Individuals as well as companies and organisations may register a .jl.cn domain, both inside and outside China.
- The registry CNNIC requires real-name verification: the real name of a natural person must be given as the registrant.
- If a company or organisation is registering, you provide a responsible contact person. That person doesn't have to appear on the company document.
- The registrant name must match the name on the ID or the company document exactly, including the legal form, such as LTD.
- If you live outside China, your name as it appears in your passport must not contain any special characters, such as ä, ö, ü or é. Otherwise registration, transfer or change of registrant won't work.
- If the intended registrant at a company has special characters in their name, you can put the domain in the name of another employee who has no special characters in their name and is willing to be verified.
- If the web server is in mainland China, you need a valid ICP number from the ministry MIIT. That's only possible if the registrant has a branch in China.
- You must provide genuine, correct and complete documents and confirm that you have read and understood CNNIC's registration rules.
- You comply with the rules on the content of websites under the domain. If you break them, you're fully responsible yourself, including if the domain is suspended.
- A domain may not be registered or used for content that CNNIC considers to be in breach of the Chinese constitution or Chinese law.
- Examples of prohibited content include content that harms national security, spreads rumours or incites discrimination, as well as pornography, gambling, violence, terror or defamation.
- .jl.cn domains are subject to CNNIC's terms and conditions, the Chinese domain name rules and CNNIC's dispute policy.
Additional details for registration
- State whether the registrant is an individual or an organisation.
- Provide the registrant's real name, or for an organisation, that of the responsible contact person.
- Specify the type of ID document, for example passport, Chinese ID card or business licence, along with the corresponding document number.
- If the website runs on a server in mainland China, you also provide a valid ICP number.
Documents
- Individuals outside China send a scan or photo of their passport or ID card in JPEG format. A driving licence isn't 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.
- In addition, a company or organisation outside China sends a copy of the contact person's passport or ID card in JPEG format.
- Individuals in China send a copy of their passport or Chinese ID card. If you live in mainland China, you use your Chinese ID card.
- Companies in China send the first page of their company document, preferably the business licence, plus proof of identity for the contact person.
- For registrants from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, mainland travel permits and residence permits are accepted. The Chinese residence card for foreigners is also valid.
- For the residence permits and the residence card for foreigners, you send both the front and the back.
- A signed declaration is no longer required.
- Documents for a registration must be supplied as a JPEG of no more than 1 MB.
Good to know when registering
- CNNIC checks every registration manually, even if you've been approved before.
- If the required documents haven't been received after 8 days, the registration fails.
Transfer
Transferring a .jl.cn
- To transfer a domain, you need a valid transfer code and a signed request from the registrant.
- A registrant is required for the transfer. If real-name verification needs to take place as part of it, extra costs may apply.
- Check in the WHOIS that the domain isn't locked. If the domain is locked, the registrant can demand that the lock be lifted.
- 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 the transfer in good time.
- When transferring too, the name of a foreign registrant must not contain any special characters.
The transfer code
- You always need a transfer code. The registrant or the administrative contact requests it 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
- The new registrant provides a copy of their passport or ID card, or for an organisation, the business licence.
- Documents for a change of registrant can be JPG, PNG, GIF or JPEG, up to a maximum of 1 MB.
- A change of registrant isn't processed immediately and may take a while.
- If the domain is held by a trustee service, you can move it to a registrant of your own. Moving a domain to a trustee service isn't possible.
- The new registrant's name must match the document exactly and, for foreign registrants, must not contain any special characters.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- After a domain has been restored, it's initially inactive and has no nameservers. As soon as nameservers have been set again, it automatically becomes active. The registrar can arrange that for you.
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.