CSTNET or China Science and Technology Network offers Internet

Internet

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 services to the Chinese

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 education

Education

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, research

Research

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, scientific and technical communities, relevant government departments and hi-tech enterprises, providing services such as network access, host trusteeship, virtual host and domain name registration etc. On April 20, 1994, CSTNET launched the first national formal Internet link and this became the earliest direct global connected Internet in the country.

See also

• CERNET
  Cernet
  The China Education and Research Network is the first nationwide education and research computer network in China. The CERNET project is funded by the Chinese government and directly managed by the Chinese Ministry of Education...
  
  
• National research and education network
  National Research and Education Network
  A National Research and Education Network is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within a country....
  
  
• China Next Generation Internet
  China Next Generation Internet
  The China Next Generation Internet project is a five year plan initiated by the Chinese government with the purpose of gaining a significant position in the future development of the Internet through the early adoption of IPv6.-Key CNGI goals:...
  
  
• ChinaNet
  ChinaNet
  ChinaNet is China Telecom's internet service, and is one of two major commercial networks approved by the State Council to be a national Interconnecting Network in 1996, under Order No. 195, "Interim Regulation on International Interconnection of Computer Information Networks in the PRC", the...