"We are very pleased that the government has renewed our ICP license and we look forward to continuing to provide web search and local products to our users in China," Google said.
The announcement comes several days after Google announced a hybrid approach to search in the region, according to PCMag..
To avoid losing its license in China, Google said it would stop completely re-directing all Google.cn traffic through its Hong Kong site and instead reinstate the Google.cn landing page.
The search component is still an unfiltered option going through Google.com/hk, while other Google.cn services that have traditionally been unfiltered, like music and text translate, will be available via Google.cn.
Back in January, a conflict erupted between China and Google after the search engine announced it would stop censoring its search results in China.
Google had discovered that attacks originating in China had unsuccessfully tried to access Google intellectual property as well as the Gmail accounts of several Chinese human rights activists.
After discussions with Chinese officials, Google started re-directing its Google.cn traffic to the unfiltered Google.com/hk.
That reportedly angered Chinese officials, who told Google that its move was unfriendly, irresponsible and would have consequences.
Last week, Google said the Chinese found its Hong Kong re-direct option "unacceptable" and threatened to pull Google's license if a reasonable solution was not found.
To avoid going dark in China, Google implemented its hybrid approach, which has apparently been accepted by Chinese officials.
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