China Internet Network Information Center

The China Internet Network Information Center (simplified Chinese: 中国互联网络信息中心; traditional Chinese: 中國互聯網絡信息中心; pinyin: Zhōngguó Hùlián Wǎngluò Xìnxī Zhōngxīn), or CNNIC, is the administrative agency responsible for domain registry affairs of .cn under the Cyberspace Administration of China.

Founded on 3 June 1997, it is now a government department^[1] based in the Zhongguancun high tech district of Beijing.