List of Chinese flags

This article is about a list of flags for various Chinas. For flags currently flying in the Republic of China (Taiwan), see List of Taiwanese flags. For the current flag of mainland China, see flag of China.

This is a list of flags of entities named "China".

National flags

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1949–	Flag of the People's Republic of China	A red field, with a large yellow star at the canton, with four smaller stars to the right. This flag is flown in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
	1928-	Flag of the Republic of China	A red field, with a blue canton containing a 12-ray white sun. This flag flew over Mainland China until 1949, and is presently flown in Taiwan and other islands under the control of the ROC. This flag can be sometimes seen in Mainland China, for historical and unofficial use.

Imperial flags

Duration	Use	Description
1862–1890	The flag of Qing dynasty	Azure Dragon on a plain yellow field with the red sun of the three-legged crow in the upper left corner.
1890–1912	The flag of Qing dynasty	Triangular variant of above flag.
?-?	Standard of the Qing Emperor

Proposed national flags of the People's Republic of China

In July 1949, a contest was announced for a national flag for the newly founded People's Republic of China. From a total of about 3,000 proposed designs, 38 finalists were chosen. In September, the current flag, submitted by Zeng Liansong, was officially adopted.^[1]

Alternative proposal

Mao Zedong's proposal for the PRC flag.
Zeng Liansong's proposal for the PRC flag.
Proposal 2 for the PRC flag.
Proposal 3 for the PRC flag.
Proposal 4 for the PRC flag.

Selection of proposals

Design by Ai Qing
Design by Bao Qiquan
Design by Chen Duo
Design by Chen Lu
Design by Guo Moruo
Design by Guo Moruo
Design by Hu Yuanqing
Design by Jiang Dazhong
Design by Kang Jian
Design by Liang Congjie
Design by Luo Wen
Design by Mo Hongshu
Design by Mo Zongjiang
Design by Pang Xunqin
Design by Wu Yuzhang
Design by Wu Yuzhang
Design by Xiao Shufang
Design by Xiao Shufang
Design by Xiao Shuhua
Design by Xiao Shuhua
Design by Yan Xinghua
Design by Yang Taiyang
Design by Yang Taiyang
Design by Yu Zhuosheng
Design by Zhang Ding and Zhong Ling
Design by Zhang Ding and Zhong Ling
Design by Zhang Ding and Zhong Ling
Design by Zhang Ding and Zhong Ling
Design by Zhang Ding and Zhong Ling
Design by Zhang Ding, Zhong Ling and Zhou Guangyuan
Design by Zhang Ding, Zhong Ling and Zhou Guangyuan
Design by Zhang Ding, Zhong Ling, Zhou Guangyuan and Xiao Shuhua
Design by Zhu De

Special administrative regions

Main articles: Flag of Hong Kong and Flag of Macau

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1997–	Flag of Hong Kong	A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals
	1999–	Flag of Macau	A lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars on a green field

Political divisions

Cities

As of 18 November 1997, the Chinese Government banned localities from making and using local flags and emblems.^[2] Despite this law, some cities have adopted their own flag that often includes their local emblem as shown below.

Duration	Use	Description
May 1997–January 1998	Flag of Harbin^[3]	A white, five-petal flower surrounding a snowflake on a dark green field
December 1995–	Flag of Suzhou^[4]
December 1986–December 1997	Flag of Nanjing^[5]
March 2009–	Flag of Shangrao
March 2006–	Flag of Kaifeng

Military flags

Duration	Use	Description
1862–1890	Used on Qing Dynasty naval ships for identification	Same as national flag.
1890–1912	The flag of the Qing Beiyang fleet	Square version of above flag.
1888-1895	The flag of the Fleet Commander of the Beiyang fleet.
1948-	Flag of the People's Liberation Army	A red field with a yellow star at the canton, and the Chinese numerals for "8" and "1", the date of the PLA's establishment on 1 August 1927.
1992-	Flag of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force	The PLA flag with a green stripe at the bottom.
1992-	Ensign of the People's Liberation Army Navy	The PLA flag with 5 horizontal lines, 3 blue and 2 white at the bottom, representing the sea.
1992-	Flag of the People's Liberation Army Air Force	The PLA flag with a blue stripe at the bottom.
1924-	Flag of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (Republic of China Armed Forces).
1924-	Flag of the Republic of China Army (formerly National Revolutionary Army)	The Blue Sky with a White Sun with a red border.
1924-	Naval Jack of the Republic of China Navy	Identical to the Kuomintang flag (see below).
1924-	Flag of the Republic of China Air Force
1924-	Flag of the Republic of China Marine Corps
1924-	Flag of the Republic of China Military Police

Non-state flags

Duration	Use	Description
1895–	Kuomintang flag.	The "Blue Sky with a White Sun", 12 rays of the sun represent progressive ideals.
1921–	Flag of the Communist Party of China	Communist hammer and sickle
1929–	Standard of the President of the Republic of China
1947–1986	Standard of the Vice President of the Republic of China	Abolished with Act of Ensign of the Republic of China Navy (海軍旗章條例) on Jan. 3rd, 1986.
1929–1966	Civil Ensign of the Republic of China	Four serrated yellow stripes are added to the flag of the Republic of China for use as a civil ensign at sea. Present civil ensign is national flag.
1980-	Flag of Chinese Taipei

Historical national flags

Duration	Use	Description
1862–90	Flag of the Qing Dynasty	Naval flag, quasi-national flag on international occasions.
1889–1912	Flag of the Qing Dynasty	Official national flag since 1889.
1912–28	First flag of the Republic of China, or "Five-colored flag"	Used mainly in Shanghai and eastern parts of northern China until 1928. This flag was widely flown even before the founding of the Republic of China by Chinese on the eastern coast and garnered the greatest respect at the founding of the ROC. Stripes represent the five great races in China's history, according to Dr. Sun Yat-sen: red for Han Chinese, yellow to represent Manchus, blue as Mongols, white for Chinese Muslims, and black for Tibetans.
1911–1928	Flag of the Wuchang uprising; army flag of the Republic of China	The banner of the Wuchang uprising of October 10, 1911, subsequently used as the flag of the army of the Republic of China, ca. 1913–28.
1916	Flags of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China.	The version with the red stripe as the saltire was more commonly used than the version with the red stripe as a centered cross.
Mainland China: 1924–49 Taiwan: 1945-	Flag of the Republic of China; Naval Ensign	Naval Ensign from 1913 for the Republic of China. Not used in areas administrated by the People's Republic of China except in historical venues. Currently used as the national flag of the Republic of China.
1931–34	Jiangxi Soviet republic flag	Hammer and sickle along with Chinese characters for China Communist (Zhonggong, 中共) written in classical word order, i.e., read from the right.
1931–34	Flag of Chinese Soviet Republic	National emblem on a red flag.
1933–34	Flag of Fujian People's Government

Other historical flags

Duration	Use	Description
1897– 1914	Flag of Tsingtau, Kiautschou^[6]	Reichskriegsflagge of the German Empire.
1897– 1914	Flag of the Governor of Tsingtau^[7]	Gouverneurflagge of the German Empire.
1897– 1914	Civil flag of Tsingtau, Kiautschou^[8]	Reichskriegsflagge der Kaiserliche Marine of the German Empire.
1903-1930	Flag of the Weihaiwei under British rule	A British Blue Ensign with two Mandarin ducks standing on a beach.
1870–1876	Flag of the British colony of Hong Kong	A British Blue Ensign with a crowned "HK".
1876–1910	Flag of the British colony of Hong Kong	A British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene.
1910–1959	Flag of the British colony of Hong Kong	A British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene.
1959–1997	Flag of the British colony of Hong Kong	A British Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997).
1985–1999	Flag of the Regional Council (Hong Kong)	A stylized Bauhinia blakeana leaf outline in white, in the form of a diagonally-tilted capital "R", on a green background, representing the green of the leaves.
1960s – 1999	Flag of the Urban Council (Hong Kong)	A stylized Bauhinia blakeana flower outline in white on a pink background, representing the colour of the flower.
1910–1941, 1945–1959	Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong
1959 – 1997	Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong
1670–1830	Flag of Portugal, used in colonial era colony of Macau	The Portuguese flag was used in colonial-era Macau, as there was no territorial flag.
1830–1911	Flag of Portugal, used in colonial era colony of Macau	The Portuguese flag was used in colonial-era Macau, as there was no territorial flag.
1911–1999	Flag of Portugal, used in colonial era colony of Macau	The Portuguese flag was used in colonial-era Macau, as there was no territorial flag.
1975–1999	Flag of the Municipality of Macau, one of two local municipal governments.	A light blue field charged with the coat of arms of the Municipality of Macau. This was the flag used at the handover to China in 1999.
1975–1999	Flag of Portuguese colonial Government of Macau.	A light blue field charged with the coat of arms of the Government of Macau. During the Portuguese administration this flag also represented the Territory of Macau in the international forums, although it was not the official flag of the Portuguese colony.
1975–1999 (Not Official)	Variant flag of Portuguese colonial Government of Macau.	Not official variant without the Kingdom of the Algarve castles in the coat of arms. This flag was found at the University of Macau in a photo of International University sports meeting and it was used in the parade. Although this flag was never used officially, some sports media used it instead of the Portuguese Flag to represent the colony.
until 29 December 1928	Flag of Fengtian clique.	Used by warlords until Chinese reunification (1928).
1932–1945	Flag of Manchukuo	A yellow field with the red, blue, white, and black stripes of the first flag of the Republic of China (see above) in the canton.
1940–1943	Flag of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China.	Used by the Japanese puppet government until 1943 when the pennant was removed and the regular ROC flag took its place. The pennant reads "Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction".
1940–1943	Flag of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China.	Used by the Japanese puppet government until 1943 when the pennant was removed and the regular ROC flag took its place. The pennant reads "Peace, Anti-Communism".
1940–1943	Flag of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China.	Used by the Japanese puppet government until 1943 when the pennant was removed and the regular ROC flag took its place. The pennant reads "Peace, National Construction".
1845-1943	Flag of the Shanghai International Settlement

Note that Hong Kong and Macau were handed over to the People's Republic of China in 1997 and 1999 respectively.

References

↑ 《中华人民共和国国旗国徽国歌档案》,中央档案馆编，中国档案出版社出版,2009。
↑ 中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅关于禁止自行制作和使用地方旗、徽的通知 (Chinese Communist Central Governmental Notice to Ban Making and Using Local Flags and Emblems)
↑ 哈尔滨市市旗市徽制作和使用管理暂行办法
↑ 蘇州市城鄉建設檔案館
↑ 市徽图案废止后著作权的归属
↑ Kiautschou Tsingtau
↑ Kiautschou Tsingtau
↑ Kiautschou Tsingtau

External links

Media related to Flags of China at Wikimedia Commons

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