Emblem and flag of the Chinese Communist Party

At the beginning of its history, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) did not have a single official standard for the flag, but instead allowed individual party committees to copy the flag of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. During the First United Front with the Kuomintang, the CCP temporarily put down the red flag and carried the Blue Sky with a White Sun flag representing the Kuomintang. This was still the case even during the Nanchang uprising, when the CCP battled the Kuomintang. The specific specifications and styles of the various party flags used thereafter were not entirely the same. On 28 April 1942, the CCP Politburo decreed the establishment of a sole official flag. "The flag of the Communist Party of China has the length-to-width proportion of 3:2 with a hammer and sickle in the upper-left corner, and with no five-pointed star. The Political Bureau authorizes the General Office to custom-make a number of standard flags and distribute them to all major organs". Between 1982 and 1987, in order to beautify the shape of the sickle and hammer (in order to visually distinguish it from the party emblems of other countries), the top party emblem designers made subtle adjustments to the CCP emblem. The most obvious change was that the "sickle handle" became round. However, since it was not written into the rules and regulations at the time, the shape of the sickle and hammer party emblem varied. On 21 September 1996, the CCP General Office issued "Regulations on the Production and Use of the Communist Party of China Flag and Emblem", which stated that the emblem and flag were the official symbols and signs of the party, and officially standardized the design of the hammer and sickle. On 14 November 2002, the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party added a chapter on the Party emblem and flag as Chapter 11 in the Party Constitution. On 26 June 2021, the CCP Central Committee issued the "Regulations on the Emblem and Flag of the Communist Party of China". The regulations mainly refer to the "Several Provisions on the Production and Use of the Emblem and Flag of the Communist Party of China" and clarify the color values of the emblem and flag. == Symbolism ==

According to Article 53 of the constitution of the Chinese Communist Party, "the Party emblem and flag are the symbol and sign of the Communist Party of China." According to the Chinese government, "hammer and sickle together symbolise the working tools of workers and farmers. The emblem in general symbolizes that the Chinese Communist Party is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, and it represents the fundamental interests of the working class and the big majority of the Chinese people." == Design ==

According to ''People's Daily'', "The standard party flag is 120 centimeters (cm) in length and 80 cm in width. In the center of the upper-left corner (a quarter of the length and width to the border) is a yellow hammer-and-sickle 30 cm in diameter. The flag sleeve (pole hem) is in white and 6.5 cm in width. The dimension of the pole hem is not included in the measurement of the flag. In total, the flag has five dimensions, the sizes are "no. 1: 288 cm in length and 192 cm in width; no. 2: 240 cm in length and 160 cm in width; no. 3: 192 cm in length and 128 cm in width; no. 4: 144 cm in length and 96 cm in width; no. 5: 96 cm in length and 64 cm in width." File:党徽制法图示.jpg|Illustration of the design of the emblem of the Chinese Communist Party (upper left quarter of the Party flag) File:Construction sheet of Danghui.jpg|Design of the emblem of the Chinese Communist Party Color Article 5 of the "Regulations on the Emblem and Flag of the Communist Party of China" stipulates the colors of the Party emblem, which are generally golden yellow or red. According to the appendices to the Regulations, namely the Explanation on the Making of the Emblem and Flag of the Communist Party of China, the standard colors of the Party emblem and flag are as follows: == Gallery ==

File:HammerSickle Tiananmen.jpg|A temporary monument in Tiananmen Square marking the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2011 File:CPC Admission Oath at Gutian Congress Site (20200929163219).jpg|The Party flag at the CCP Admission Oath at the Gutian Congress site in Gutian, Fujian File:Z-8 with the flag of CPC at PRC70 (20191001104359).jpg|The People's Liberation Army raising the flag of the Chinese Communist Party during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 2019. File:庆祝中国共产党成立100周年 天安门广场 党徽.jpg|The Party emblem in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square at the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2011 File:建党百年 空中梯队飞行表演 党旗.jpg|Z-8L carrying the flag flying over Beijing on 1 July 2021 at the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. File:Danghui (pre-1996).svg|A common variation of the party emblem before standardization (1942–1996) File:Flag of the Chinese Communist Party (Pre-1996).svg|A common variation of the party flag before standardization (1942–1996) File:Danghui 1982 golden.svg|A version of the party emblem at the 12th Party National Congress in 1982 File:Danghui 1982.svg|Red version of the 1982 emblem ==See also==