The establishment of the Taiwan Network Information Center(TWNIC) falls into the following three major stages:

Stage 1: March 1994 to June 1996- the Taiwan Network Information Center 2-Year Experimental Program;

Stage 2: June 1996 to April 1998-operation fo the Taiwan Network Information Center under the Computer Society of the ROC(CSROC);

Stage 3: April 1998 to December 1999-on April 1998, the Nll decided the Directorate-General of Telecommunication was the authority of the TWNIC to draw up budget for helping the center to transform info a corporation. The TWNIC was officially completed the corporation registration on 29 December 1999.

The TWNIC is the unique neutral and non-profit organization that takes charge of the domain name registration and IP address allocation in Taiwan. Besides offering full range network services, the TWNIC participates in various related international conferences, in hopes to provide the best services for network service providers in Taiwan through pubilc participation and constant improvements, which are the biggest goal of the TWNIC. We hope to bring the best to the society, and the society can give us greater supports and encouragements, and ultimately to assure the healthy and rapid growth of the Internet industry in Taiwan.