Flag of China
Officially People's Republic of China
Locally Zhōngguó · 中国
What the flag looks like
A red field with one large yellow five-pointed star in the canton and four smaller yellow stars arranged in an arc to its right.
What it means
Red represents the communist revolution; the large star stands for the Communist Party and the four smaller stars for the social classes of the people united around it.
How to remember it
China
has one big yellow star plus four small ones in the top-left corner; Vietnam
has a single big star in the center.
Fun facts
- Known as the Five-star Red Flag, it was designed by Zeng Liansong, an economist who entered a national design competition in 1949.
- Each of the four small stars has one point aimed at the center of the large star.
China at a glance
- Capital
- Beijing
- Region
- Eastern Asia
- Population
- 1.41 billion
- Area
- 9,706,961 km²
- Languages
- Chinese
- Currency
- Chinese yuan (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1949
Flags often confused with China
- Vietnam: China and Vietnam are both red with yellow stars. Vietnam has one large star in the center; China has one large star and four small ones in the upper-left corner.