Cary Lo, Vice President and Managing Director of the Asia - Pacific Region at ICANN, visited ZDNS for inspection and guidance.

2024-08-15 11:23

Recently, Cary Lo, Vice President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific Region of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Zhang Jianchuan, Director of the ICANN Beijing Cooperation Center, and Li Guanghao, Global Domain Name Business Director of ICANN, visited the National Engineering Research Center for Internet Domain Name System (ZDNS). Mao Wei, Director of ZDNS, Xing Zhijie, General Manager, Liu Zhijiang, Deputy Director, Ma Di, Chief Researcher, and Feng Shuo, Deputy General Manager and Co - Chair of the Second Working Group of the Next - round Top - level Domain Name Policy Development Process of ICANN, participated in this exchange.


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Director Mao Wei led Cary Lo and his party to visit the ZDNS exhibition hall and gave a detailed introduction to the development history, business progress of ZDNS, and its related cooperation with ICANN. Cary Lo affirmed ZDNS's development path in the field of Internet basic resource services and expected ZDNS to give full play to its advantage as the largest new top - level domain name technology service provider in Asia and make more innovations in the field of top - level domain name services.


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During the discussion session, both sides had an in - depth discussion on matters related to the development and promotion of the domain name system in China. Ma Di elaborated on the RPKI research and cooperation with the Internet community, sharing ZDNS's practical experience and achievements in drafting and formulating RPKI standards, building the RPKI data platform, and promoting cross - border technical exchanges and cooperation. Feng Shuo looked ahead to the future development of the second - round top - level domain names (New gTLD). She analyzed the current changing trends in the global domain name market, explored the opportunities and challenges of new top - level domain names, and put forward ZDNS's strategic plans and development visions in this field.


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During the exchange session, both sides had an in - depth discussion on topics such as the latest development of the Internet domain name system, technical challenges, and international cooperation. ZDNS expressed its gratitude to ICANN for its help in the work of the Chinese community and hoped that in the future, ICANN could provide assistance in terms of domain name technical support, opening up new generic top - level domain names, and paying more attention to the Chinese market, so as to jointly promote the innovative development of the Chinese community.


ZDNS is the National Engineering Research Center for Internet Domain Name System approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, an operating organization of the domain name root server approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and a specialized and sophisticated "little giant" enterprise recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It is the owner of core technologies in the field of Internet basic resource services and has participated in the formulation of 5 IETF international standards and 26 domestic industry standards. Over the past decade or so, ZDNS has continuously and deeply participated in ICANN international conferences and policy - making. In the upcoming wave of opening up new top - level domain names, it will help more enterprises own their own top - level domain names, provide professional support for Chinese enterprises, and tell the digital brand stories of China well.