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According to "Zuixin Geguo Guoqi Guohui Junqi Junhui" -National
Flags, Emblems, Military Flags and Emblems of The World- published in Beijing
March 2004, these flags were promulgated on September 5th 1992.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 17 July 2004
![[People's Liberation Army]](../images/c/cn^.gif)
by Željko
Heimer![[FIS Code]](../misc/fissumry.gif){kind=small}
The flag of the armed forces of the People's Republic of China (the
People's Liberation Army [PLA] ) is red with a golden star in the upper hoist,
but the star is smaller than on the national flag. Next to the star are three
small lines, the Chinese numerals for "8" and "1", which
stand for "August 1", to commemorate the establishment of the PLA in
1928, after the Nanchang Uprising (Crampton, The
World of Flags, 1990, p.28). W. Smith adds that the star represents
the victories of the Army in the fight against foreign imperial forces and
unification of the land.
Roy Stilling, 24 June 1996
According to the Great Chinese Encyclopedia, the flag of the People's
Liberation Army is in the proportion of 4:5.
Miles George Li, 09 April