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Use | War flag and naval jack ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Proportion | 4:5 |
Adopted | 15 June 1949 |
Design | A Chinese 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 August 1, 1927. |
The flag of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is the war flag of the People's Liberation Army; the layout of the flag has a golden star at the top left corner and two Chinese characters "八一" to the right of the star, placed on a red field. The characters "八一" (literally "eight one") are a reference to the events of August 1, 1927 (8th month, 1st day, also known as 8月1日); when the PLA was created by the Chinese Communist Party at the start of their rebellion in Nanchang against the Nationalist government.[1]
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