People's Republic of China

The flag of the People's Republic of China was adopted on 1 October 1949 and was designed by Zeng Liansong. According to the provided research memo, the red field symbolizes the Communist revolution and also a traditional ethnic color of the Han majority. The large star represents the Chinese Communist Party, while the four smaller stars originally represented four social classes united under the Party; later interpretations have also associated them with the country's ethnic minorities. Each smaller star points toward the larger one to signify unity.