A new gTLD applicant has withdrawn two of its Chinese-language applications after failing to secure the necessary government support.

As reported, Guangzhou YU Wei Information Technology CO total applied four new gTLDs : .广东（.Guangdong ）, .广州 （ .Guangzhou ）, .深圳 （ .Shenzhen ），.佛山 （.Foshan ）

The ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee had previously issued official Advice against 广州 （ .Guangzhou ）, .深圳 （ .Shenzhen ） both bids.

The applicant had failed to get a passing score on its Initial Evaluation earlier this year, with ICANN ruling that governmental “support or non-objection was either not provided or did not meet the criteria”.

To get a geographic gTLD, you need to prove local government support, something which the applicant seems to have been unable to provide during Extended Evaluation.

Weirdly, Guangzhou YU Wei has previously passed EE for .佛山 (.foshan) and IE for .广东 (.guangdong), which are both also Chinese geographic names.

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