Country extension · China
.nm.cn domain name
What you need to know about .nm.cn: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .nm.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 .nm.cn?
- Individuals and organisations both inside and outside China can register a .nm.cn domain name.
- The registry CNNIC requires real-name verification: the real name of a natural person must be given as the registrant, even if a business is registering the domain.
- The registrant's name must exactly match the name on the ID or business registration certificate, including the legal form such as LTD.
- If you're not a Chinese registrant, your name can't contain special characters such as ä, ö, ü or é. Otherwise CNNIC can't verify your passport and the application will fail.
- If a business's intended contact person has special characters in their name, you can register the domain in the name of another employee without such characters. That person must be willing to submit an ID document, though.
- You must comply with Chinese domain name regulations and CNNIC's rules, including its dispute resolution policy.
- You may not register or use a domain name that CNNIC considers to violate the Chinese constitution or laws, or to harm national security or honour.
- Your domain name also may not be used for rumours, pornography, gambling, violence or terrorism, or for insulting others or infringing their rights.
- If your website's web server is located in mainland China, you need a valid ICP number from the Chinese ministry MIIT. This is only possible if you have a business presence in China.
- You declare that you're providing genuine, accurate and complete documents, that you've read and understood CNNIC's rules and that you comply with the rules for your website's content.
- You're fully responsible yourself if the domain is suspended because these terms have been breached. CNNIC and the registrar are not liable for this.
Additional details for registration
- You state whether the registrant is an individual or an organisation.
- You provide the number of your ID or registration certificate, along with the type of document, for example passport, Chinese ID card or business licence.
- If a business or organisation is registering, you give the real name of a responsible person within the organisation. That person doesn't have to appear on the business document.
- If you use the domain for a website with a web server in mainland China, you also provide a valid ICP number.
Documents
- As an individual outside China, you send a scan or photo of your passport or ID card in JPEG format. A driving licence isn't accepted and your name must appear on the document.
- As a business or organisation outside China, you send a copy of your business licence, company certificate or extract from the trade register. You also send a copy of the responsible person's passport or ID card.
- As an individual in China, you send a copy of your passport or Chinese ID card. If you're from mainland China, it must be your Chinese ID card.
- As a business in China, you send a copy of the first page of the company certificate, preferably the business licence. You also provide the contact person's ID.
- Registrants from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan can use a mainland travel permit or residence permit. An ID card for foreigners with permanent residence is also possible.
- For the residence permits for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and for the permanent residence ID card, you must send both the front and the back.
- When registering, you provide documents as a JPEG file of up to 1 MB.
- A signed declaration is no longer required.
Good to know when registering
- CNNIC checks every application manually, even if the registrant has been approved before. So your domain won't be registered straight away.
- If the required documents haven't been received after 8 days, the registration fails.
Transfer
Transferring a .nm.cn
- To transfer a domain, you need a valid transfer code. An incorrect code will make the transfer fail.
- You need a signed request from the registrant before the transfer can start.
- The domain mustn't have a transfer lock or a registry lock. You can see this in the WHOIS, and the registrant can ask for the lock to 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 don't wait until just before it expires.
- When you transfer a domain, registrant details must be provided and real-name verification may be required again.
The transfer code
- A transfer code is required to transfer a domain.
- The registrant or the administrative contact requests this code from the current registrar.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- The new registrant must provide a copy of an ID document or passport. If it's a business, a business licence is required.
- Documents can be provided as jpg, png, gif or jpeg, with a maximum of 1 MB per file.
- A change of registrant isn't processed immediately, so allow for some waiting time.
- If the domain is registered in the name of a trustee service, you can have it put in your own name. The other way round, moving a domain to a trustee service, isn't possible.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- After an expired domain has been restored, it's initially not active. It only works again once nameservers have been set up, which the registrar takes care of 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.