when was the chinese flag designed?
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 The flag was designed by Zeng Liansong , a citizen from Wenzhou , Zhejiang . He designed it in response to a circular distributed by the Preparatory Committee of the New Political Consultative Conference ( Chinese : 新政治协商会议筹备会 ; pinyin : Xīn zhèngzhì xiéshāng huìyì chóubèi huì ) in July 1949 , shortly after they came to power following the Chinese Civil War . The design competition received 2 @,@ 992 ( or 3 @,@ 012 , see below ) entries , and Zeng 's design was put into a pool of 38 finalists . After several meetings and slight modifications , Zeng 's design was chosen as the national flag . The first flag was hoisted by the People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) on a pole overlooking Beijing 's Tiananmen Square on October 1 , 1949 , at a ceremony announcing the founding of the People 's Republic . 

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 The CBS document states that the first national flag was designed upon the request of Jigme Wangchuk , the second Druk Gyalpo of the 20th @-@ century Kingdom of Bhutan , and was introduced in 1949 during the signing of the Indo @-@ Bhutan Treaty . While the document does not provide an illustration of the original design , black @-@ and @-@ white photographs taken at this historic event provide images of the first Bhutanese flag at the ceremony . 

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 Before the adoption of the flag , the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Basic Law explained the significance of the flag 's design to the National People 's Congress : 

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 On July 4 , 1949 , the sixth working group of the Preparatory Committee of the New Political Consultative Conference ( 新政治協商會議籌備會 , PCNPCC ) created a notice to submit designs for the national flag . After a few changes , the notice was published in the papers People 's Daily , Beiping Liberation News , Xinmin News , Dazhong Daily , Guangming Daily , Jinbu Daily and Tianjin Daily during a period between July 15 – 26 . The list requirements for the national flag were also posted in the notice : 

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 The construction sheet for the national flag was published on September 28 , 1949 by an order from the Presidium of the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Conference . The flag is split into four sections , with the top hoist part of the flag being a grid of 10 by 15 units . The center of the biggest star is placed at five units from the hoist and five units from the top of the flag . The diameter of the biggest star 's circumscribed circle is six units . Of the four smaller stars , the first one is centered two units from the top of the flag , 10 units from the hoist ; the second one is centered four units from the top of the flag and 12 units from the hoist ; the third one is centered seven units from the top of the flag and 12 units from the hoist ; the fourth one is centered nine units from the top of the flag and 10 units from the hoist . The diameter of each small star 's circumscribed circle is two units . Each of the top points of the four smaller stars are rotated such that they point towards the center point of the larger star . The information can also be found in the document " GB 12982 @-@ 2004 : National flag " that was released by the Standardization Administration of China . The Law on the National Flag mentions five possible sizes that could be made for the national flag : According to Article four of the Law On the National Flag , people 's governments of provinces , autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government are directed to authorize companies to make any copy of the national flag . 
