The Chinese Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) announced in Beijing on November 30 that the "Registration and Administration Recommendations for Chinese Domain Names", formulated by the Chinese, have been approved by the International Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and are now the international standard.
International standards for the Chinese internet have already received direct support from the main producer of global internet trade. The largest supplier of browser software, Microsoft, will adopt this standard in its latest version, Internet Explorer 7.0. This is a basic standard for the development of a global Chinese internet.
The international standard for the Chinese internet was actually formulated eight years ago, when Chinese engineers formed an alliance with experts from Japan, Korea. This alliance regularly communicated with IETF until they had their approval and support.
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