How we can help you have your Website in China.

NETK5 provides a wide range of china cloud hosting solutions, from simple web hosting based on LAMP to your own dedicated server or cloud instance hosted in selected Data Centers across mainland China.

We also offer flexible virtualized cloud solutions, giving you power, control and unbeatable value.

We help you with all necessary regulatory processes, including ICP registration and data residency compliance under China’s PIPL framework.

Simple Website in China

A simple and cost-effective way to host your website in China.

Improve your web presence and SEO rankings for Chinese search engines such as Baidu.

Particularly adapted for visitors from China and Asia.

Dedicated Server

Benefit from the reliability of our selected Data Centers (large bandwidth, redundant power supply, 24/7 control) while managing your server yourself. NETK5 partners with qualified IDCs, with triple connections (China Telecom, CNC, China Mobile) and supervises the installation and monitoring of your assets.

Virtual Private Server

Your very own Virtual Machine VPS in China.

Get all the flexibility you need to customize your web applications and complete control, down to the Operating System level.

Perfect for e-commerce and Business Applications such as ERP or CRM.

Monitoring & Supervision

We provide monitoring, backup and troubleshooting for your servers. We offer flexible upgrades to let your site grow with your business.

We even can manage servers in China hosted on third-party data centers (Aliyun, Rackspace etc.)

China Cloud Hosting Plans and Pricing

Our cloud hosting tiers scale from small business sites to high-traffic applications. Each plan includes mainland China server placement, triple-carrier connectivity, and managed support. Contact our team for a quote tailored to your exact workload; the specs below outline what each tier typically includes.

Tier	RAM	CPU Cores	Disk Space	Bandwidth	Starting Price
WordPress	–	–	40 GB SSD	2 TB/month	From ¥175/month
Standard	8 GB	2 vCPU	80 GB SSD	5 TB/month	From ¥499/month
High-Performance	16 GB	8 vCPU	160 GB SSD	10 TB/month	From $619/month

All tiers can be upgraded as your traffic grows, and we help you move between plans without downtime.

ICP Registration and Data Compliance for Foreign Businesses

Any website hosted on mainland China servers needs an ICP (Internet Content Provider) filing or license from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Without it, your site risks being blocked by local ISPs. NETK5 manages the entire ICP registration process for you, from document preparation to submission and approval follow-up.

Foreign companies also need to consider China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which governs how personal data collected in China must be stored and transferred. PIPL generally requires that personal data gathered from users in mainland China stays on servers within the country, unless specific cross-border transfer conditions are met. Our data centers keep your data resident in China, and our team helps you structure your hosting setup to align with PIPL requirements, including data storage location, transfer agreements, and security assessments where applicable.

We work with you to determine whether your business needs an ICP license, an ICP filing, or an alternative hosting location such as Hong Kong, depending on your content type and target audience.

Network Performance and Connectivity

Server location and network routing make a large difference for site speed in China. Our partner data centers connect through all three major Chinese carriers: China Telecom, China Unicom (CNC), and China Mobile. This triple-carrier setup avoids the cross-network latency that often slows sites down when they rely on a single carrier, since visitors on different networks connect through direct, optimized routes.

For businesses targeting Chinese consumers, hosting inside mainland China (compared to hosting overseas and relying on cross-border links) typically results in noticeably faster load times and more consistent performance, especially for image-heavy or interactive sites. We also support CDN configuration for further speed gains across different regions of China.

How NETK5 Compares to Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, and Tencent Cloud

Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, and Tencent Cloud offer strong infrastructure, but foreign businesses often struggle with their self-service consoles, Chinese-language support, and the compliance paperwork needed to get started.

NETK5 works as a managed layer on top of this infrastructure: we can provision and manage your hosting directly on our own data centers, or manage your existing Aliyun, Huawei Cloud, or Tencent Cloud instances on your behalf.

This means you get the scale of major cloud providers along with hands-on support for ICP registration, PIPL compliance, monitoring, and troubleshooting, all handled in English by a team based in Shanghai.

Uptime and Service Level Agreement

We back our hosting plans with a 99.9% uptime SLA, backed by redundant power supply, 24/7 infrastructure monitoring, and proactive troubleshooting. If your site or application goes down, our team responds and works to restore service quickly, keeping your business accessible to customers in China around the clock.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need an ICP license to host in China?

Yes. Any website hosted on a mainland China server needs an ICP filing at minimum, and certain commercial or interactive sites need a full ICP license. NETK5 handles this registration process for you from start to finish.

What’s the difference between hosting in mainland China vs. Hong Kong?

Mainland China hosting delivers the fastest speeds for mainland Chinese visitors but requires ICP registration. Hong Kong hosting skips the ICP requirement and still offers solid connectivity to mainland China, making it a good option for businesses not yet ready for the ICP process or not eligible to apply.

Can I use Aliyun/Alibaba Cloud infrastructure with your managed services?

Yes. We can manage servers you already run on Aliyun, as well as other third-party providers like Rackspace, alongside monitoring, backup, and troubleshooting support.

What uptime/SLA do you guarantee?

We guarantee 99.9% uptime across our hosting plans, supported by redundant power, 24/7 monitoring, and a support team that responds quickly to any service issue.

What do I get in my Hosting plan?

We provide turn-key environments: the processing power, storage, network and legal compliance for your website in China. We also offer 24×7 monitoring, system updates, security checks and daily data backups.

What is the Simple Website offer?

Our Simple Website offer aims at being the best WordPress hosting in China. We provide a fully optimized WordPress experience on a dedicated platform to get up and running in no time.

We have servers in the cloud, can you manage them?

Absolutely. While we do provide our own Private Cloud, we understand that some clients prefer the standard public clouds like Aliyun or Tencent Cloud. We manage many sites on those platforms on behalf of our clients.

Can you write some code or maintain our application?

Nope, we stop at infrastructure. Web development is another beast altogether, better done by specialized agencies. We work with top web developers and can recommend you to the right partner for your project!

Tell Us What You Need, Plenty of Ways to Reach Us.

Our headquarters are based in the Heart of Shanghai, near People Square.