The DNS is one of the key building blocks of the Internet. Its most important task is translating IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to host names, which is done by a distributed system based on one unique root that is used all over the world…
Today, China blocks Internet access to some foreign websites. The goal outlined by the new document is to make it easier and cheaper for countries to create independent root DNS servers and realize Internet autonomy. Today, that is both costly and technically difficult, according to the draft." Read more
See also
Diao, Yuping, et al. "DNS Extension for Autonomous Internet(AIP)," commissioned by the Internet Engineering Task Force, June 13, 2012.