National 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.

The emblem officially symbolizes the revolutionary struggles of the Chinese people since the May Fourth Movement and the coalition of the proletariat which succeeded in founding the People's Republic of China. The gear and ears of grain symbolize the workers and peasants of China, Tiananmen symbolizes the fighting spirit of the Chinese people, and the five stars symbolize the great unity of the people of the whole country under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.