Emblem of China

The National Emblem of the People's Republic of China is a national symbol of the People's Republic of China and contains in a red circle a representation of Tiananmen Gate. Above Tiananmen Gate are the five stars found on the national flag, with four small five-pointed stars surrounding a large five-pointed star in a semi-circle. The outer border of the red circle shows sheaves of wheat and the inner sheaves of rice, which together represent agricultural workers. At the center of the bottom portion of the border is a cog-wheel that represents industrial workers.

The national emblem of the People's Republic of China was created by a design team composed of Liang Sicheng, Lin Huiyin, Li Zongjin, Mo Zongjiang, Zhu Changzhong and others from the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University. The emblem was proposed at the second session of the 1st National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 23 June 1950, and adopted at the eighth session of the Central People's Government Council on June 28 of the same year. The legal status of this version of the national emblem was later written to the national constitution.