---
title: "Is cnipa.gov.cn Legit? Trust Score 90/100"
source: TrustSniffer
type: Website trust & fraud report
subject: "cnipa.gov.cn"
verdict: "High Trust"
title: "Is cnipa.gov.cn Legit? Trust Score 90/100"
trust_score: 90
classification_confidence: 75
canonical_url: https://trustsniffer.com/report/cnipa.gov.cn
assessed: 2026-08-12
---

# Is cnipa.gov.cn legit? TrustSniffer's high-trust assessment: 90/100

## Verdict


**Verdict: High Trust, trust score 90/100.** cnipa.gov.cn appears legitimate.

Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.

Labels: Not Scam, Low Risk

Assessed 2026-08-12 by automated analysis. Classification confidence 75%.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| What this site appears to be | Official site of the National Intellectual Property Administration (China) offering news, policy documents, public services (patent/trademark/geo-indication services), contact information and related links. No evidence of commercial, financial or malicious activity. |

## Evidence status and limitations


Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN

- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.

## At a glance

The checks that decide most of this verdict.

| Check | Result | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Malware engines | None flagged it (VirusTotal) | Clear |
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listed (Google) | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reports (AbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count) | Noted |
| Domain age | 8.2 years old (Registered history) | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2018 (4098 snapshots) | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connection (Issued by SHECA DV Server CA G5) | Noted |

## The page as captured


No screenshot is retained for this report.

## Key findings


- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2018.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.

## Full analysis


### Overview

This website is a Chinese government public-service portal presenting intellectual-property news, policy materials, public information, and online services relating to patents, trademarks, and geographical indications. Its apparent purpose is to provide institutional information and administrative services rather than commercial, financial, or user-investment offerings.


### Scam/Impersonation Risk

No contradictions were observed, including no detected phishing, impersonation, blacklist, or malicious-content indicators. The site's institutional public-service model is internally consistent across its navigation, policy content, administrative notices, and service areas, while the absence of sensitive login forms, hidden forms, wallet activity, and external posting behavior materially reduces the observed abuse surface. The available evidence therefore supports an apparently legitimate, low-risk presentation, although the real-world operator identity remains independently unverified rather than proven. Evidence:

- The homepage identifies the National Intellectual Property Administration and provides government news, policy documents, public-information functions, and administrative service navigation.
- The domain was registered on 2018-06-04 and is approximately 8.19 years old; the registrar is 北京国科云计算技术有限公司（原北京中科三方网络技术有限公司）.
- Historical records show 4,098 archive snapshots spanning 2018-09-14 through 2026-08-06, covering 9 years with a maximum observed gap of 1 year.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious detections, 0 suspicious detections, and no blacklist or phishing indicator; the homepage analysis also recorded no red flags.

### Regulatory Verification Notes

The site presents itself as a government information and public-service institution, not as a commercial financial provider requiring a business or investment license. Its pages contain policy documents, legal and regulatory materials, public notices, organizational information, and contact or consultation functions, which is consistent with that stated institutional role. The page-level identity presentation is strong, but independent verification connecting the website to a real-world operator is not complete; this is an identity-assurance limitation, not evidence of deception. Evidence:

- The homepage title is “国家知识产权局” and its navigation includes organizational functions, leadership, government information disclosure, laws and regulations, policy interpretation, and public services.
- The site's transport sensor recorded hosting on AS139057, ELD-AS-AP – Edgenext Legend Dynasty Pte. Ltd., SG.
- The site's TLS certificate is Domain Validated, issued by SHECA DV Server CA G5, and valid through 2026-11-14.
- The page model is classified as Government / Public Service, with no commercial monetization, financial solicitation, or licensing claim identified.

### What to Verify Next

Before any credential or payment interaction that may arise through a linked government service, the institutional identity should be confirmed through an independently sourced government directory or an offline contact route, and the destination of any linked service should be checked for consistency with the intended public authority. Any transaction-specific terms, data-use notices, and payment protections should also be reviewed at the point of service. Evidence:

- The homepage provides organizational, public-information, consultation, and service-navigation functions suitable for cross-checking through an independent government source.
- The site presents legal, regulatory, policy, and public-disclosure materials that can be compared with independently published government information.
- No sensitive form, hidden form, untrusted destination, wallet connection, or external password submission was observed during page and behavior analysis.

### Summary Verdict

Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate government website and supports a high-trust, low-risk posture. The site’s content, historical continuity, technical operation, and external reputation converge without observed scam or impersonation contradictions, while operator identity should still be regarded as not independently verified.


### Infrastructure Integrity

Current resolution data records direct hosting on AS4808, China Unicom Beijing Province Network, China, with one resolved IP and no detected CDN or WAF edge layer. This is a conventional hosting posture and does not itself create a legitimacy concern; the confirmed transport encryption remains a mitigating technical control rather than proof of institutional identity.


### Closing Assessment

Normal informational use is proportionate to the available evidence; independent confirmation of the official service destination and ordinary payment or credential protections remains appropriate before any sensitive interaction.


_Written analysis generated 2026-08-12 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report._

## What the analysis found


No rule findings contributed to this verdict.

## Identity verification


| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
| Identity score | 55/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 60% |

- Identity verified on page

_Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence._

## What TrustSniffer observed

First-party facts recorded during the assessment of cnipa.gov.cn.

- The request stayed on cnipa.gov.cn. It was not redirected to another domain. (Clear)
- Registration is published under 北京国科云计算技术有限公司（原北京中科三方网络技术有限公司）. (Clear)
- DNS for this domain is served by sfndns.cn, across 2 name servers. (Noted)
- The registration is paid up to 2029-06-04. (Clear)
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2018-09-14. (Clear)
- It is hosted on ELD-AS-AP, from a server in SC. (Noted)

## Domain intelligence


| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Registrar | 北京国科云计算技术有限公司（原北京中科三方网络技术有限公司） |
| Hosting | ELD-AS-AP - Edgenext Legend Dynasty Pte. Ltd., SG |
| Country | SC |
| Server IP | 2407:2440:e00f::14 |
| Name servers | vip1.sfndns.cn, vip2.sfndns.cn |
| SSL issuer | SHECA DV Server CA G5 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-14 |
| Domain age | 8.19 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2029-06-04 |
| Archive first seen | 2018-09-14 |
| Archive snapshots | 4098 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged \| AbuseIPDB: 0 reports \| Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |

## About this assessment


A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about cnipa.gov.cn at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.

TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.

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*Source: [TrustSniffer](https://trustsniffer.com/report/cnipa.gov.cn) — independent automated trust & fraud analysis. Cite as https://trustsniffer.com/report/cnipa.gov.cn · assessed 2026-08-12.*