Approved by ICANN, from 0 o'clock, 30 May 2014, ".公司" and ".网络" managed by CNNIC will officially begin their Sunrise period. According to ICANN's regulation, before the registration of ".公司" and ".网络" is publicly accessible, three period will be set: sunrise period, pioneer period and landrush period. After all of these three period ends, the public registration will start.

1. Sunrise Period
The sunrise period begins from 0 o'clock 30 May 2014 to 24 o'clock 30 July 2014 (UTC+8), with a length of 62 days. It is split into two phases: notice of the rules and registration implementation.
1> Notice of the rules: This period begins from 0 o'clock,30 May 2014 to 24 o'clock,30 June 2014. In this phase only the sunrise rules will be announced and registration services will not be provided.
2> Registration implementation: This phase begins from 0 o'clock, 1 July 2014 to 24 o'clock, 30 July 2014. In this phase, the registry will only accept the domain names to be registered by the brand owners who have registered in the TMCH and the domain names should also be in accordance with domain name labels in the TMCH.
Note:
(1) During the sunrise period, WHOIS inquiry and operational audits (inquiry, renewal, transfer and deletion) of existing domain names will not be provided due to the adjustment of the system. Domain names due to expire will not be deleted during this period (details will be informed), the above services will be provided after sunrise period.
(2) During the sunrise period, WHOIS inquiry of new registrations will not be affected.

2. Pioneer Period
From 0 o'clock 31 July 2014 to 24 o'clock 20 August 2014 (UTC+8).
During this period, the trademark owner whose trademarks have approval of China National Trademark Bureau or other national or regional trademark approval authorities within the period of validity of the trademark can apply to register the domain names.
Note: detailed registration rules of the above two periods can be found on "Sunrise & Pioneers Period Rules of .公司 and .网络".

3. Landrush Period
From 0 o'clock 21 August 2014 to 24 o'clock 26 September 2014.
In this period, the registry will take a combined approach of pre-registration and auction together. The notice of landrush period will be announced soon.

".公司" and ".网络" will be open for general public registration by the end of September 2014. Please pay your close attention.

Comments and advices on registration and usage of ".公司" and ".网络"are welcomed via:
Tel: +86 10 58813000 (7*24 hours)
Mail: [email protected]
Fax: +86 10 58812666

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)
May 29, 2014