National Network Center located at Tsinghua University, the CERNET national network center is responsible for the construction, operation and management of CERNET. Following are its functional branches:
NOC
Network Operation Center (NOC):
It is responsible for the construction, initiation, management and maintenance of the CERNET national backbone while in addition, it coordinates the transaction relationship between the global Internet and the regional network centers.
It is responsible for the address allocation of the whole network and the domain name registration under edu.cn. Its other functions include providing network resource construction and services and regularly releasing information about CERNET's development.
