The Internet Society of China (ISC) jointly with Knet, Saiyu Tech, co-organized the 2025  (8th) Chinese Domain Names Innovation and Application Forum in Beijing on May 15th. The event shared the latest application and development of Chinese IDN, as well as the progress of UA adoption promotion in the past year.

Representatives from multi-stakeholders as government (MIIT), civil society (China Trademark Association), technical community (CNNIC, Computer Network Information Center of CAS), private sector (Registry/Registrar, Internet company, traditional industry company) more than 300 participants attended the event. Theresa Swinehart, SVP of Global Domains and Strategy of ICANN, delivered special remark via video.

The 2025 Chinese IDN UA Test Report released at the Forum, indicated more domestic PC and mobile browsers supporting Chinese IDN, the WeChat official account identifying the Chinese IDN, and the China Telecom email system supporting EAI. But still some major Internet applications could not support UA yet.   

At the Forum, the ISC set up the Chinese IDN Intellectual Property Promotion Working Group, calling for the industry to raise the awareness on digital IPR that the Chinese domain names should be included into the brand's intellectual property management system. More than 20 different type of companies joined as the first batch of member. This action is taken as a special way to address the UA adoption issue through a new angle.

Ms. Chen Jiachun, Vice President and Executive Deputy Secretary General of ISC, said that as critical pillars of the digital economy, basic Internet resources such as domain names and IP addresses play a pivotal role in supporting the Internet development. Among these, the Chinese-character domain names — an essential component of foundational resources — have achieved significant progress in recent years regarding innovative development and the improvement of the application ecosystem.

Ms. Chen Jiachun, VP of ISC

Theresa Swinehart, SVP of ICANN