Flag of China
A red field with one large golden five-pointed star and four smaller stars arranged in an arc in the upper hoist corner, each small star pointing towards the large one.
What Does the Flag of China Mean?
Red represents the communist revolution. The large star stands for the Communist Party of China and the four smaller stars for the people around it.
Main colours: red
Flags That Look Like China’s
Vietnam. Vietnam has a single large yellow star in the centre of a red field.
Key Facts About China
| Official name | People's Republic of China |
|---|---|
| Capital | Beijing |
| Continent | Asia (Eastern Asia) |
| Land area | 9,706,961 km² — #3 of 195 |
| Languages | Chinese |
| Currency | Chinese yuan |
| Flag colours | red |
| Flag proportions | 2:3 (height:width) |
| Flag adopted | October 1, 1949 |
| ISO 3166-1 codes | CN / CHN / 156 |
Which Countries Border China?
China shares a land border with 14 countries:
Afghanistan — capital Kabul
Bhutan — capital Thimphu
India — capital New Delhi
Kazakhstan — capital Astana
Kyrgyzstan — capital Bishkek
Laos — capital Vientiane
Mongolia — capital Ulan Bator
Myanmar — capital Naypyidaw
Nepal — capital Kathmandu
North Korea — capital Pyongyang
Pakistan — capital Islamabad
Russia — capital Moscow
Tajikistan — capital Dushanbe- Vietnam — capital Hanoi
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Other Countries in Asia
- AfghanistanKabul
ArmeniaYerevan
AzerbaijanBaku
BahrainManama
BangladeshDhaka- BhutanThimphu
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
CambodiaPhnom Penh
GeorgiaTbilisi- IndiaNew Delhi
IndonesiaJakarta
IranTehran
IraqBaghdad
IsraelJerusalem
JapanTokyo
JordanAmman- KazakhstanAstana
KuwaitKuwait City- KyrgyzstanBishkek
- LaosVientiane
LebanonBeirut
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MaldivesMalé- MongoliaUlan Bator
- MyanmarNaypyidaw
- NepalKathmandu
- North KoreaPyongyang
OmanMuscat- PakistanIslamabad
PalestineRamallah
PhilippinesManila
QatarDoha
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
SingaporeSingapore
South KoreaSeoul
Sri LankaColombo
SyriaDamascus- TajikistanDushanbe
ThailandBangkok
Timor-LesteDili
TurkeyAnkara
TurkmenistanAshgabat
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
UzbekistanTashkent- VietnamHanoi
YemenSana'a
Flag of China: FAQ
What does the flag of China look like?
A red field with one large golden five-pointed star and four smaller stars arranged in an arc in the upper hoist corner, each small star pointing towards the large one.
What colours are on the flag of China?
The main colours are red.
When was the flag of China adopted?
The current flag was adopted on October 1, 1949.
What is the capital of China?
The capital of China is Beijing.
Which flags look like the flag of China?
Vietnam has a single large yellow star in the centre of a red field.
Data Sources
Country names, capitals, area, languages, currencies and borders: the world-countries dataset (ODbL), based on ISO 3166-1 and ISO 4217. Flag image: public domain, via flagcdn.com. Flag colours and proportions are measured from the image.