Country extension · China
.hb.cn domain name
What you need to know about .hb.cn: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .hb.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 .hb.cn?
- Individuals as well as companies and organisations both inside and outside China can register a .hb.cn domain.
- CNNIC requires a real-name verification. As the registrant, you must provide the real name of a natural person and prove your identity.
- The registrant's name must exactly match the name on the identity document or the business registration certificate. For companies, the legal form, such as LTD., must be included.
- If you're from outside China, the full name on your passport must not contain any special characters, such as ä, ü, ö or é. Otherwise CNNIC can't verify the document and the application will fail.
- Does the intended registrant at a company have such characters in their name? Then you can register the domain in the name of another person within the company who doesn't have special characters in their name and is willing to be verified.
- You must have read and accepted CNNIC's registration rules and policies, and you must comply with the rules for the content of websites under the domain.
- You may not register or use a domain that, according to CNNIC, violates the Chinese constitution, harms national security or public order, or spreads pornography, gambling, violence or terrorism.
- Also prohibited: domains that incite discrimination, violate China's religious policy, spread rumours, insult or defame others, or otherwise break Chinese law.
- 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 the registrant has a business presence in China.
- You're fully responsible yourself if the domain is suspended for breaking the rules. CNNIC and the registrar are not liable in that case.
Additional details for registration
- You indicate whether the registrant is an individual or a company or organisation.
- You provide a person's real full name, exactly as it appears on the identity document.
- For a company or organisation, you provide the name of a responsible person. That person doesn't need to appear on the company document.
- You provide the type of identity document, for example a passport, Chinese identity card or business licence, plus the number of that document.
Documents
- Individuals outside China send a scan or copy of their passport or identity card. A driving licence is not accepted. Your name must appear on the document.
- Companies and organisations outside China send a copy of their business licence, company certificate or extract from the commercial register. They also send a copy of the responsible person's passport or identity card.
- Individuals in China send a copy of their passport or Chinese identity card. If you're from mainland China, use your Chinese identity card rather than your passport.
- Companies in China send a copy of the contact person's identity card or passport, plus the first page of the company certificate. A business licence is preferred.
- Special travel and residence documents apply to residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. For some of these, such as the residence permit, both the front and back are required.
- When registering, you provide the documents as a JPEG file of no more than 1 MB.
- A signed declaration is no longer required.
Good to know when registering
- The registry checks every application manually. This also applies if you've been approved before.
- If the documents aren't received within 8 days, the registration will fail.
- You must provide genuine, correct and complete documents.
Transfer
Transferring a .hb.cn
- You start the transfer with the domain's transfer code.
- Check the WHOIS beforehand to make sure the domain isn't locked. If it is, you can ask for the lock to be removed as the registrant.
- 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. So start in good time, not just before the domain expires.
- A signed request from the registrant is required for the transfer.
- A transfer may require a new real-name verification, with an identity document.
The transfer code
- You need a transfer code. As the registrant or administrative contact, you request it from your current registrar.
- Make sure the code is correct before you start the transfer, otherwise it will fail.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- A change of registrant requires a copy of the new registrant's identity document or business licence.
- You provide the document as a jpg, png, gif or jpeg file of no more than 1 MB.
- A change of registrant isn't processed immediately, so it may take a while.
- If the domain is currently registered through a trustee service, you can move it to your own registrant. Moving it to a trustee service isn't possible.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- After a domain is restored, it's initially inactive without nameservers. As soon as the nameservers have been set up again, the domain automatically becomes active again. WebOké takes care of this 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.