Net.cn, the largest domain name registrar in China, has announced that it will spend more than CNY10 million to provide free domain names to its current users and clients.

The special offer will last for three months and the company will provide .cn or .com.cn domains to its clients who already own the .com or .net versions of a domain name.

Net.cn says they plan to issue up to 300,000 Chinese top-level domain names during this promotion.

Over the past few years, different Chinese government agencies have stressed the patriotic importance of owning .cn domain names because it can better limit hacking attempts from overseas and it can better integrate Chinese-language online services.