This is a list of current and historical Chinese flags used in an official capacity both in:
| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
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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. |
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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. |
| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
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1997– | Flag of Hong Kong | A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field |
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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 |
As of 18 November 1997, the Government of the People's Republic of China banned localities from making and using local flags and emblems.
| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
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May 1997–January 1998 | Flag of Harbin | A white, five-petal flower surrounding a snowflake on a dark green field |
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December 1995– | Flag of Suzhou | |
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December 1986–December 1997 | Flag of Nanjing | |
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March 2009– | Flag of Shangrao | |
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March 2006– | Flag of Kaifeng |
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1862–1890 | Used on Qing Dynasty naval ships for identification | Same as national flag. |
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1890–1912 | The flag of the Qing Beiyang fleet | Square version of above flag. |
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1888-1895 | The flag of the Fleet Commander of the Beiyang fleet. | |
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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. | |
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Flag of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force | The PLA flag with a green stripe at the bottom. | |
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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. | |
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Flag of the People's Liberation Army Air Force | The PLA flag with a blue stripe at the bottom. | |
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Flag of the Republic of China Army (formerly National Revolutionary Army) | The Blue Sky with a White Sun with a red border. | |
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Republic of China Navy | Identical to the Kuomintang flag (see below). | |
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Republic of China Air Force |
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1895– | Kuomintang flag. | The "Blue Sky with a White Sun", 12 rays of the sun represent progressive ideals. |
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1921– | Flag of the Communist Party of China | Communist hammer and sickle |
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1979– | Chinese Taipei's Olympic flag. | The ROC is recognized as "Chinese Taipei" in the Olympics, due to the political status of Taiwan. |
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Standard of the President of the Republic of China | ||
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Standard of the Vice President of the Republic of China | ||
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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. |
| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
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1862–90 | Flag of the Qing Dynasty | Naval flag, quasi-national flag on international occasions. |
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1889–1912 | Flag of the Qing Dynasty | Official national flag since 1889. |
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1895 | Flag of the Republic of Formosa | |
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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 both Huis and Uyghurs, and black for Tibetans. |
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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. |
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1916 | Flags of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China. | These variations on the initial flag of the Republic of China emphasize Han administration over other ethnicities in China. |
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Mainland: 1928–49 | Flag of 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. |
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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. |
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1931–34 | Flag of Chinese Soviet Republic | National emblem on a red flag. |
| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
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1870–1876 | Flag of the British colony of Hong Kong | A British Blue Ensign with a crowned "HK". |
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1876–1910 | Flag of the British colony of Hong Kong | A British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene. |
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1910–1959 | Flag of the British colony of Hong Kong | A British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene. |
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1959–1997 | Flag of the British colony of Hong Kong | A British Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997). |
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1988–1997 | Unofficial Red ensign for Hong Kong used prior to the handover to the PRC in 1997 | A British Red Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong (1988–1997), while Hong Kong become UN Trust Territory. |
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1985–1999 | Flag of the Regional Council | |
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1960s – 1999 | Flag of the Urban Council, Hong Kong | |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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until Dec 29, 1928 |
Flag of Fengtian clique. | Used by warlords until Chinese reunification (1928). |
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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. |
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1940–1943 | Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing. | Used by the Japanese puppet government till 1943 when the pennant was removed and the regular ROC flag took its place. The pennant reads "Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction". |
Note that Hong Kong and Macau were handed over to the People's Republic of China in 1997 and 1999 respectively.
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