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This is a list of flags of entities named or related to "China".

People's Republic of China

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National flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1 October 1949–present	Flag of the People's Republic of China^[1]	A red field, with a large gold star with four smaller stars to the right at the canton. This flag is flown in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Special administrative regions flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1 July 1997–present	Flag of Hong Kong^[2]	A white stylised Bauhinia blakeana flower on a red field. Each of the five petals bears a red five pointed star. The red field and red stars echo Hong Kong's connection to the mainland and the flower represents the harmony of the unique identity of the region.
👁 Image	20 December 1999–present	Flag of Macau^[3]	A lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars on a green field

Military flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1948–present	Flag of the People's Liberation Army^[4]	A red field with a yellow star at the canton, and the Chinese numerals for "8" and "1", the date of the PLA's establishment on 1 August 1927.
👁 Image	1992–present	Ensign of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force^[4]	The PLA flag with a green stripe at the bottom, representing the ground.
👁 Image	1950s	Jack of the People's Liberation Army Navy^[5]	The red flag with PLA emblem and a blue stripe in the center.
👁 Image	1992–present	Ensign of the People's Liberation Army Navy^[4]	The PLA flag with 5 horizontal lines, 3 blue and 2 white at the bottom, representing the sea.
👁 Image	1992–present	Ensign of the People's Liberation Army Air Force^[4]	The PLA flag with a blue stripe at the bottom, representing the sky.
👁 Image	2016–present	Ensign of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force^[6]^[7]	The PLA flag with a gold yellow stripe at the bottom, representing the flare of missile launching.
👁 Image	2018–present	Flag of the People's Armed Police Force^[8]	The PLA flag with three green bars at the bottom.
👁 Image	2024–present	Flag of the People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force
👁 Image	2024–present	Flag of the People's Liberation Army Cyberspace Force
👁 Image	2024–present	Flag of the People's Liberation Army Information Support Force

Civil flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image 👁 Image	1949–present	Flag of Young Pioneers of China^[9]	Red flag with yellow five-pointed star and torch in the middle.
👁 Image	1922–present	Flag of Communist Youth League of China^[10]	Red flag with encircled yellow five-pointed star.
👁 Image	1950s–present	Flag of the Customs of the People's Republic of China^[11]	The caduceus crossed with a golden key is added to flag of the People's Republic of China.
👁 Image	2018–present	Flag of the China Fire and Rescue Service^[12]	Bicolor flag in red and blue with the badge of the China Fire and Rescue Service at the top and the bilingual text "Flag of China Fire and Rescue" at the bottom.
👁 Image	2020–present	Flag of the People's Police of the People's Republic of China^[13]	Red flag with a blue stripe in the bottom and the badge of the People's Police in the canton.
👁 Image	?–present	Flag of the China Maritime Safety Administration
👁 Image	2021–present	Flag of the National Immigration Administration of China^[14]	Red flag with the organization's logo and a blue wall.
👁 Image	1945–1979^{[citation needed]}	Flag of Inner-Mongolian Autonomous Government^[15]	A red five-pointed star above a hoe and a horse pole that are crossed, symbolizing the unity of farmers and herdsmen in Inner Mongolia to for equal autonomy under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.

City flags

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1997	Flag of Ningbo^[16]
1988–1997	Flag of Nanjing^[16]
2006–present	Flag of Kaifeng^[16]
2009–present	Flag of Shangrao^[16]

Political flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1996–present	Flag of the Chinese Communist Party^[17]	A red flag with a golden Party emblem on it.^[17]
👁 Image	1921–1996	Flag of the Chinese Communist Party^[17]	A red flag with a golden Party emblem on it.^[17]
👁 Image	1927–1964	Flag of the Chinese Peasants' Association	Plough flag
👁 Image	1925–1953	Flag of the China Party for Public Interest	Stylized "井" in canton

Flags of Political Groups and Separatist Movements

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	2008–2009	Flag of the Maoist Communist Party of China	Red flag featuring a portrait of young Mao Zedong on the top left.
👁 Image	1989	Flag of the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation^[18]	A flag created by students present during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests.
👁 Image	1997–present	Flag of the Inner Mongolian People's Party
👁 Image	1959–present	Flag of the Central Tibetan Administration	Same as the previous flag of Tibet.
👁 Image	1933–present	The Kök Bayraq, flag of the East Turkestan independence movement	First adopted as the flag of the First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934). Now also used by the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile.
👁 Image	1988–present	Flags of the Turkistan Islamic Party

Proposed national flags of the People's Republic of China

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In July 1949, a contest was announced for a national flag for the newly founded People's Republic of China (PRC). From a total of about 3,000 proposed designs, 38 finalists were chosen. In September, the current flag, submitted by Zeng Liansong, was officially adopted, with the hammer and sickle removed.^[19]

Flag	Duration	Use
1984–present	House flag of China Merchants Group^[22]
👁 Image	House flag of China Merchants Group^[22]	1951–1984
👁 Image	1960–1993	House flag of COSCO

Historical socialist states

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1931–34	Flag used in the Minxi Soviet Government [zh]	A red star and black hammer and sickle on the top-left corner.
👁 Image		Jiangxi Soviet republic flag	A red star and hammer and sickle along with Chinese characters for "Chinese Communists" (Zhonggong, 中共) written in classical word order, i.e., read from the right.
👁 Image		Flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic^[23]	Red flag with the national emblem in the center.
👁 Image	1933–34	Flag of the Fujian People's Government	A horizontal bicolour of red and blue and charged with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.
👁 Image	1928–41	Flag used in the Qiongya Soviet Government [zh]

Historical military flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1931	Flag of the Northeast Righteous and Brave Army^[24]	Red flag with the text "東北義勇軍" and a star.
👁 Image	Flag of the Third Army of the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Army^[25]
1927–1928	Flag of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army^[5]	Same as the 1928 version, but the left side reads "工農革命軍" (China Workers'/Peasants' Revolutionary Army). Divisions were added, for example "第二軍第一師" (Second Army, 1st Division).
👁 Image	1928–1930	Flag of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army^[24]	Left side reads "中國工農紅軍" (Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army).
1930	Flag of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army	Same as the 1928 version, but the left side has no characters and the top reads "全世界無產階級聯合起來" ("Proletariats of the world, unite!").
👁 Image	1930–1931	Flag of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army^[5]	Same as April 1930 version but top reads "全世界無產階級及被壓迫民族聯合起來" ("Proletariats and oppressed peoples of the world, unite!").
👁 Image	1931–1934	Flag of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army^[5]	Same as 1934 version but with blank white left side and colored fringe around the edges (6 variants – red for infantry, yellow for cavalry, black for artillery, white for engineering, blue for logistics, green for medical).
👁 Image	1934–1937	Flag of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army^[23]
👁 Image	1937–1947	Flag of the Eighth Route Army (18th Group Army)^[24] in use by communist forces in the Second United Front during the Second Sino Japanese War	National Revolutionary Army unit flag with text "國民革命軍第十八集團軍" (National Revolutionary Army 18th Group Army) on the side.

Republic of China

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National flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	9 December 1928–present	Flag of the Republic of China^[26]	Commonly known as "Taiwan". A red field, with a blue canton containing a 12-ray white sun. This flag flew over mainland China until 1949, and is presently flown on the island of Taiwan and other islands under the control of the ROC.
👁 Image	1950–present	Flag of the Republic of China (vertical)	Vertical red banner; in the canton, a Blue Sky with a White Sun pointing upward on a blue field.
👁 Image	1940–1943	Flag of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China.	Used by the Japanese puppet rebel government until 1943 when the pennant was removed and the regular ROC flag took its place. The pennant reads "Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction".
👁 Image			Used by the Japanese puppet rebel government until 1943 when the pennant was removed and the regular ROC flag took its place. The pennant reads "Peace, Anti-Communism".
👁 Image			Used by the Japanese puppet rebel government until 1943 when the pennant was removed and the regular ROC flag took its place. The pennant reads "Peace, National Construction".
👁 Image	1912–1928	First flag of the Republic of China, or "Five-colored flag"	It was widely flown even before the Republic of China in Shanghai and eastern parts of north China until 1928. The stripe representation: red for Han Chinese, yellow for Manchus, blue for Mongols, white for Hui and black for Tibetans. Later used by the Japanese puppet states of the East Hebei Autonomous Government, the Chinese Provisional Government, and the Reformed Government.
👁 Image	1915	Flag of Empire of China.	The version with the red saltire was more commonly used than the version with the red centered cross.
👁 Image	1916-1923	Variant flag of Empire of China.

Regional government flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1911–1912	Flag of the Great Han Sichuan Military Government.^[27]
👁 Image	1911–1912	Bagua flag of the Shanxi Provincial Military Government^zh

Standards

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Head of state

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1988–present	Standard of the president of the Republic of China
👁 Image	1929–1988	Old standard of the president of the Republic of China
👁 Image	1927–1928	Commander-in-chief flag of the Republic of China (Beiyang government)

Vice president

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1947–1986	Standard of the Vice President of the Republic of China	Abolished with the Act of Ensign of the Republic of China Navy (海軍旗章條例) on 3 January 1986.

Other high executive officials

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1929–2003	A common flag for all ROC high executive officials

Military flags

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1986–present	Flag of Chinese Communist
👁 Image	1986–present	Flag of the Chief of the General Staff (Republic of China Armed Forces)^[28]
👁 Image	1924–present	Flag of the Republic of China Military Police
👁 Image	1945–present	Flag of the Republic of China Armed Forces Reserve^[28]
👁 Image	1946–2012	Flag of the Republic of China Joint Logistics Command
👁 Image	1945–1992	Flag of the Taiwan Garrison Command

Army

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1924–present	Flag of the Republic of China Army (formerly National Revolutionary Army)	The Blue Sky with a White Sun with a red border.
👁 Image	Flag of the Army commander
👁 Image	Senior General's Flag
👁 Image	General's Flag
👁 Image	Lieutenant General's Flag
👁 Image	Major General's Flag
👁 Image	Colonel's Flag
👁 Image 👁 Image	1911–1928	Army flag of the Republic of China^[a]	The banner of the Wuchang uprising of 10 October 1911, subsequently used as the flag of the army of the Republic of China, c. 1913–28.

Navy

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
Naval ensign
👁 Image	1912–present	Ensign of the Republic of China Navy
👁 Image	1942–1945	Ensign of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China.	Used by the Japanese puppet government from 1 May 1942 until the end of the regime.
👁 Image	1911	First Naval Ensign of the Republic of China
Naval jack
👁 Image	1928–present	Naval jack of the Republic of China Navy	Identical to the Kuomintang flag (see below).
👁 Image	1940–1945	Naval jack of Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China	Used by the Japanese puppet government from 1940 until the end of the regime. The pennant reads "Kuomintang".
👁 Image	1912–1928	Naval jack of the Republic of China Navy
Rank flags
👁 Image	Commanding General of Navy Flag
👁 Image	1912–	Senior Admiral's Flag
👁 Image		Admiral's Flag
👁 Image		Vice Admiral's Flag
👁 Image		Rear Admiral's Flag
👁 Image	Captain's Flag
👁 Image	1912–	Flag of the Bordered Blue Banner of the Eight Banners
👁 Image	1924–	Battle Fleet Leader's Pennant
👁 Image	1962–	Navigating Battle Ship Pennant
👁 Image	1924–	Commission Pennant
👁 Image	1912–	Duty Pennant
👁 Image	1986–	ROCN Unit Flag

Air Force

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1981–present	Flag of the Republic of China Air Force
👁 Image	1948–1981
👁 Image	1937–1948
👁 Image	Commanding General of Air Force Flag
👁 Image	Senior General's Flag
👁 Image	General's Flag
👁 Image	Lieutenant General's Flag
👁 Image	Major General's Flag
👁 Image	Colonel's Flag
👁 Image	1986–present	Air force units flag model
👁 Image	1981–1986
👁 Image	1962–1981
👁 Image	1958–1962
👁 Image	1948–1958

Marine Corps

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	Flag of the Republic of China Marine Corps
👁 Image	General's Flag
👁 Image	Lieutenant General's Flag
👁 Image	Major General's Flag
👁 Image	Colonel's Flag
👁 Image	Republic of China Marine Corps Unit Flag	In use since 1986

Combined Logistics Command

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1973–2012	Flag of the Republic of China Combined Service Force
👁 Image	1964–1979
👁 Image	1960–1964
👁 Image	1958–1960
👁 Image	1956–1958
👁 Image	1952–1956

National Defense University

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	2014–present	Banner of the Military College of the National Defense University
👁 Image		The banner of the Military College of Command and Staff of the National Defense University
👁 Image		Naval Command and Staff College Flag
👁 Image		Air Command and Staff College Flag
👁 Image		National Defense Medical Center Flag
👁 Image		Flag of Fu Hsing Kang College
👁 Image		Chung Cheng Institute of Technology Flag
👁 Image		Flag of the Higher School of Management of the National Defense University
👁 Image	2000–2014	Old banner of the Military College of the National Defense University
👁 Image	1968–2000	Old flag of the National Defense University

Coast Guard Administration

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	2000–present	Flag of the Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China
👁 Image		Flag of the Minister of Coast Guard of the Republic of China
👁 Image		Flag of the Director of Coast Guard of the Republic of China
👁 Image		Flag of the Nansha Commander of Coast Guard of the Republic of China
👁 Image		Flag of the Director General of Coast Guard of the Republic of China
👁 Image		Unit Flag of Coast Guard of Republic of China
👁 Image	1925–1928	Ensign of Coastal Defense of Republic of China

Police

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1974–present	Flag of police of the Republic of China
👁 Image	1947–1974	Flag of police of the Republic of China	Flag of the Republic of China defaced with the golden pigeon in the fly.
👁 Image	1932–1947	Flag of police of the Republic of China.
👁 Image	1912–1928	Flag of police of the Republic of China
👁 Image	1974–present	Flag of National Police Agency
👁 Image		Flag of Central Police University
👁 Image		Flag of Volunteer Police of the Republic of China
👁 Image		Flag of Director-General of ROC Police
👁 Image		Flag of Commissioner of Direct-controlled municipality of ROC Police
👁 Image	1932–1949	Flag of Voluntary Police of the Republic of China

Water Police

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1928–1949	Ensign of the Chinese Water Police
👁 Image	1912–1928	Ensign of the Chinese Water Police

Fire Service

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1996–present	Flag of fire service of the Republic of China
👁 Image	1996–present	Unit Flag of Fire Service

Rescue aviation

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	2005–present	Flag of the National Airborne Service Corps

Ministries

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	Flag of the Sports Administration
👁 Image	Flag of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications
👁 Image	Flag of the Ministry of Education
👁 Image	2014–present	Flag of the Ministry of Finance
👁 Image	1950–2014	Flag of the Ministry of Finance	Previously used as flag of the Inspector-General of Customs during 1929–50. Green background with yellow saltire superimposed by "Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag.
👁 Image	Flag of the Ministry of Health and Welfare

Councils

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
Flag of the Atomic Energy Council
👁 Image	Flag of the Veterans Affairs Council
👁 Image	Flag of the Overseas Community Affairs Council
👁 Image	Flag of the National Communications Commission
Flag of the National Development Council

Agency

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	Flag of Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau of the Republic of China	Not in use since Taiwan Area National Bureau merged into Freeway Bureau in 2018.
👁 Image	Flag of Civil Aeronautics Administration of the Republic of China
👁 Image	Flag of Bureau of High Speed Rail of the Republic of China	Not in use since Bureau of High Speed Rail merged into Railway Bureau in 2018.
👁 Image	Flag of Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau, MOTC, Republic of China	Not in use since Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau merged into Freeway Bureau in 2018.
👁 Image	Flag of Institute of Transportation of the Republic of China
👁 Image	2014–present	Flag of Maritime and Port Bureau of the Republic of China
👁 Image	2007–present	Flag of National Immigration Agency of the Republic of China

Civil and Merchant Ensign

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1929–1966	Civil Ensign of the Republic of China	Four serrated yellow stripes are added to the flag of the Republic of China for use as a civil ensign at sea. Present civil ensign is national flag.
👁 Image	1935 – around 1949	Ensign of Chinese Fishery Patrol & Fishery Investigation Test Vessels

Postal flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1935–	Postal Ensign of the Republic of China
👁 Image	1929–1935		The "Blue Sky with a White Sun" was placed in the canton.
👁 Image	1919–1929		White flag with the Five-colored flag in the canton, bilingual text "Postes" in the lower hoist quarter, and a greylag goose in the fly half.

Chinese Maritime Customs Service

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1977–present	Customs flag
👁 Image	1977–present	Flag of Director General of Customs
👁 Image	1929–1950	Flag of the Inspector-General^[b]	Green background with yellow saltire superimposed by "Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag.
👁 Image	1931–1950 (In use by vessels until 1976)	Ensign of Chinese Customs (Nanking Government)
👁 Image	1929–1931	Ensign of Chinese Customs (Nanking Government)
👁 Image	1911–1928	Ensign of Chinese Customs (Beiyang Government)

Salt Administration

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1929–1949	Ensign of the Chinese Salt Administration
👁 Image	1912–1929	Ensign of the Chinese Salt Administration

Yacht Club Ensign

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1966–present	Yacht Club Ensign of the Republic of China	Four serrated yellow stripes are added to the flag of the Republic of China for use as a yacht club ensign. Previously used as civil ensign during 1928–66.
Yacht Club Burgee of the Republic of China	1966–present	The Blue Sky with a White Sun in a burgee (pennant) form.

Sporting flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1979–	Chinese Taipei Olympic flag	The ROC is recognized as "Chinese Taipei" in the Olympics, due to the political status of Taiwan.
👁 Image	2019–	Flag of Chinese Taipei used in the Paralympic Games
👁 Image	Flag of Chinese Taipei used in the Deaflympics
👁 Image	Flag of Chinese Taipei used in the Universiade
👁 Image	Chinese Taipei volleyball flag
👁 Image	Chinese Taipei esports flag	Used in esports competitions organized by Blizzard Entertainment.
👁 Image	2004–2019	Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag
👁 Image	pre-2004	Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag
👁 Image	Former Chinese Taipei Football Flag

City and county flags

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As of November 1997, 18; 28 years ago (18-11-1997), the Chinese Government banned localities from making and using local flags and emblems.^[29] Despite the ban, some cities have adopted their own flag that often includes their local emblem as shown below. The ROC-controlled areas continues to use the respective flags.

Provinces

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The PRC-controlled mainland does not have provincial flags, but the ROC-controlled area has a flag for one of its two provinces.

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	Taiwan Province

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
👁 Image	👁 Image	Kaohsiung City	2010–present	Stylized "高". The colors symbolize sunshine, vitality, environmental protection, and the ocean.^[30]
👁 Image	👁 Image	New Taipei City	2010–present	Stylized "北" in the form of four hearts arranged to resemble a four-leaf clover.
👁 Image	👁 Image	Taichung City	2008–present
👁 Image	👁 Image	Tainan City	2010–present
👁 Image	👁 Image	Taipei City	2010–present
👁 Image	👁 Image	Taoyuan City	2014–present
👁 Image	👁 Image	Chiayi City
👁 Image	👁 Image	Keelung City
👁 Image	👁 Image	Changhua County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Chiayi County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Hsinchu County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Hualien County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Kinmen County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Lienchiang County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Miaoli County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Nantou County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Penghu County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Pingtung County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Taitung County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Yilan County
👁 Image	👁 Image	Yunlin County

History

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1922–1949	Flag of Kunming^[31]	The flag features the former city emblem which consists of two intersecting red circles which represent the harmony of sun and moon, as well as western and eastern ideas. In the middle is a golden stylized symbol of a 市 character.
👁 Image	1981–2010	Old flag of Taipei City	Previous flag used by Taipei City, with its seal on top of 16 horizontal stripes of white and blue.
👁 Image	1999–2006	Old flag of New Taipei City
👁 Image	1980s–1999
👁 Image	2006–2010
👁 Image	?–2010	Old flag of Hsinchu County
👁 Image	2018–2019
👁 Image	2010–2018
👁 Image	1951–2010	Old flag of Taichung County
👁 Image	1978–2010	Old flag of Tainan City
👁 Image	?–2010	Old flag of Tainan County
👁 Image	1974–2009	Old flag of Kaohsiung City
👁 Image	?–1999	Old flag of Kaohsiung County
👁 Image	1999–2010	Old flag of Kaohsiung County
👁 Image	1984–2014	Old flag of Taitung County

University flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
1910s-?	Flag of the University of China
👁 Image	1928–?	Flag of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Political flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
current
Link to file	2017–present	Flag of Taiwan People's Communist Party
👁 Image	2007–present	Flag of Taiwan Civil Government^zh
👁 Image	2006–present	Flag of Hakka Party
👁 Image	2006–present	Flag of Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party^zh
Link to file	2005–present	Flag of Taiwan Independent Union^zh
Link to file	2004–present	Flag of Non-Partisan Solidarity Union
👁 Image	2003–present	Flag of Taiwan Labor Party^zh^[32]
👁 Image	2000–present	Flag of People First Party
👁 Image	1993–present	Flag of New Party
👁 Image	2010s–present	Flag of the Patriot Alliance Association
1993–present		Flag of the Patriot Alliance Association
👁 Image	1989–present	Flag of Labor Party	Red flag with green pile reversed and yellow star
Link to file	1989–present	Flag of Chinese People's Party
Link to file	1986–present	Flag of Democratic Progressive Party
👁 Image	?–present	Flag of Democratic Progressive Party ward on the Matsu Islands
👁 Image	1970–present	Flag of World United Formosans for Independence
👁 Image	1923–present	Flag of Chinese Youth Party
👁 Image	1921–1949	Flag of the Chinese Communist Party	Communist hammer and sickle. Used by the CPC during the Republic of China era.
👁 Image	1895–present	Flag of Kuomintang	Blue Sky with a White Sun
former
👁 Image	2018–2020	Flag of Congress Party Alliance
👁 Image	2014–2020	Flag of Alliance of military personnel, officials and teachers^zh
👁 Image	2007–2019	Flag of Home Party
👁 Image	2018–2019	Flag of the Taiwan Military (Junta) Government, a self-declared government led by Gao Anguo.^zh
👁 Image	2015–2019	Flag of Minkuotang
👁 Image	2009–2020	Flag of Taiwan Democratic Communist Party
Link to file	2007–2019	Flag of Taiwan Farmers' Party
Link to file	1996–2020	Flag of Taiwan Independence Party
Link to file	1994–2020	Flag of Taiwan Communist Party
👁 Image	1991–2020	Flag of Chinese Social Democratic Party^zh
👁 Image	1946–2020	China Democratic Socialist Party flag	Stylized "井" in center
👁 Image	1933–1934	Flag of the Productive People's Party
👁 Image	1929–1931	Flag of Taiwanese People's Party (Active in Japanese Taiwan)
👁 Image	1929		Influences: 👁 Image
👁 Image	1925–?	Flag of Guangdong Peasants' Association	Chinese national flag charged with yellow plough in fly.
👁 Image	1925–1946	Flag of the Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
👁 Image	1911–?	Flag of the Royalist Party	National flag (1889–1912)
👁 Image	19th–20th century	Flag of the Yellow Sand Society	Solid yellow flag

Cultural flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	2018–present	Flag of Tao people	A white flag with the traditional "boat's eye" symbol and traditional triangular ornaments on the top and bottom.^[33]
2017–present	Flag of Rukai people	The "Lily Flag" composed of three colors: red, yellow and green, representing hope, love and peace. The lilies and eagle feathers represent the purity and fairness of the Rukai tribe, was designed by Jin Shaohua.^[34]
👁 Image	2017–present	Flag of Taiwanese indigenous peoples in Taichung
👁 Image	2016–present	"National flag" of Amis people in the Amis Music Festival.^[35]^[36]
👁 Image	?–present	Flag of Amis people in Taidong (Falangaw tribe^zh)
👁 Image	1984–1998	Flag of Taiwan Association for the Promotion of Aboriginal Rights^zh

Proposed flags

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Republic of China

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1906	Teo Eng Hock and his wife's proposal 1 for the ROC flag
👁 Image		Proposal 2 for the ROC flag
👁 Image		Proposal 3 for the ROC flag, later adopted as the flag of the Republic of China Army
👁 Image		Proposal 4 for the ROC flag, later adopted as the flag of the China Zhi Gong Party
👁 Image		Proposal 5 for the ROC flag, later used as the flag of the marshall in Beiyang government

Taiwan Independence Movement

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1955	Republic of Taiwan Provisional Government Proposal
👁 Image	1994	Donald Liu's Proposal
👁 Image	2005	908 Taiwan Republic Campaign's Proposal
👁 Image	2013	World Taiwanese Congress Proposal
2016	"Taiwan the Formosa" by Chih-Hao Chen

Railway flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	Railways Ensign of the Republic of China	Also the flag of the Taiwan Railways Administration.
👁 Image	1919–1951	Railways Ensign of China	Used in Taiwan from 1947 to 1951.

House flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1942–1972	House flag of China Merchants Group^[37]
👁 Image	1873–1942	House flag of China Merchants Group^[37]

Association flags

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1938–1947	Flag of Three Principles of the People Youth League
👁 Image	1952–present	Flag of China Youth Corps^[38]
👁 Image	1937–present	Flag of Red Swastika Society
👁 Image	Flag of China Sailor's Union

Warlords

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1933–1944	Flag of Xinjiang	Used by Sheng Shicai's provincial government in Xinjiang until 1944.
👁 Image	1929	Flag used by Zhang Xueliang's troops	Captured by Soviet soldiers in 1929.
👁 Image	1911	Flag used by the rebel force in Xinhai Revolution in Anqing
👁 Image	1911	Flag used by the rebel force in Xinhai Revolution in Changsha
👁 Image	1911	Flag used by the army led by Chen Jiongming
👁 Image	1911	Flag used by the rebel force in Xinhai Revolution in Zhejiang
👁 Image	1911	Flag after the victory of the Kunming uprising
👁 Image	1911	Flag used by the Qing royalist force in Xinhai Revolution in Gejiu

Qing dynasty and other pre-1912 states

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National flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1862–1912	Flag of the Qing dynasty	Naval flag and quasi-national flag on international occasions.
👁 Image	1862–1890	Used on Qing dynasty naval ships for identification	Triangular variant of national flag.

Standards

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1862–1912	Standard of the Qing Emperor	Azure Dragon on a plain right triangle yellow field with the red sun of the three-legged crow in the upper left corner.

Military flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1644–1912	Flag of the Green Standard Army	Flag of the Green Standard Army. A green recolouring of the Imperial Standard of the Qing Emperor.
👁 Image	1615–1911	Flag of the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners	The Eight Banners was created in the early 17th century by Nurhaci to unify the Jurchen people into the Manchu dynasty. The first three banners were under the direct command of the Emperor himself.
👁 Image		Flag of the Plain Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners
👁 Image		Flag of the Plain White Banner of the Eight Banners
👁 Image		Flag of the Plain Red Banner of the Eight Banners
👁 Image		Flag of the Bordered White Banner of the Eight Banners
👁 Image		Flag of the Bordered Red Banner of the Eight Banners
👁 Image		Flag of the Plain Blue Banner of the Eight Banners
👁 Image		Flag of the Bordered Blue Banner of the Eight Banners

Navy

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1890–1912	The flag of the Qing Imperial Chinese Navy	Square version of above flag
👁 Image	1862–1890	Used on Qing dynasty naval ships for identification	Same as national flag
👁 Image	1909–1911	Flag for the Imperial Chinese Navy Secretary.^[39]
👁 Image		The flag of the Admiral of the Beiyang Fleet from 1909 to 1911.^[39]
👁 Image		Command flag for Imperial Chinese Navy Vice Admiral.^[39]
👁 Image		Command flag for Imperial Chinese Navy Rear Admiral.^[39]
👁 Image		Command flag for Imperial Chinese Navy Commodore.^[39]
👁 Image		Command flag for Imperial Chinese Navy Senior Officer's/Fleet Leader.^[39]
👁 Image		Imperial Chinese Navy Duty Ship Pennant.^[39]
👁 Image		Imperial Chinese Navy Commission Pennant.^[39]
👁 Image	1890–1909	The flag of the Admiral of the Beiyang Fleet from 1890 to 1909.
👁 Image	1874–1890	The flag of the Admiral of the Beiyang Fleet from 1874 to 1890.
👁 Image	1890–1909	Flag of the Commander (Tongling) of Torpedo Boats
👁 Image	1905–1909	Flag of Provincial Commander-in-Chief of Beiyang Fleet
👁 Image	1890–1909	Flag of Commodore of Beiyang Fleet
👁 Image	1905–1909	Flag of High-ranking Official of Beiyang Fleet
👁 Image		Officer (Junguan) of the Beiyang Fleet
👁 Image		Flag of Minister of the Navy, or Admiral (de jure, probably not used)
👁 Image		Flag of the Admiral and Fleet Commander, or Vice Admiral (de jure, probably not used)
👁 Image		Flag of the Admiral and Squadron Commander, or Rear Admiral (de jure, probably not used)
👁 Image		Flag of the Commodore, or Commodore First Class (de jure, probably not used)
👁 Image	1890–1909	Flag of the Leader (Duizhang), or Commodore Second Class
Proposed
👁 Image	Proposed in 1863	Ensign of Qing Navy
👁 Image	Proposed in 1863	Proposed in 1863 Commission Pennant of Qing Navy
Other
👁 Image 👁 Image	Junk pennants	In addition to the typical flags, some Qing ships also used individual silk pennants.	The two pictures provided here are examples only.

Chinese Maritime Customs Service

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1867–1911	Ensign of Chinese Customs	A green flag with yellow saltire.

House flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1873–1942	House flag of China Merchants Group

Flags of localized regimes

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1860s–1885	Flag of the Black Flag Army	Flag of the Black Flag Army, a Chinese-Vietnamese army and guerrilla force that fought against the French in the Sino-French War. A black flag with a white 令 character.
👁 Image	1895	Flag of the Republic of Formosa^[40]	Tiger on a plain blue filed with azure clouds below it.
👁 Image	1883	Flag used by gold miners in so-called Zheltuga Republic	Flag of the Zheltuga Republic as seen on the photograph and as written in the description ("black and yellow" flag "symbolizing the union of land and gold".
👁 Image	1873–1877	Flag of Yettishar	Used by Yettishar until 1877.
👁 Image	1865–1873	Flag of Yettishar	Used by Yettishar until 1873.
👁 Image	1856–1873	Flag of Pingnan Guo
👁 Image	1661–1683	Flag of the Kingdom of Tungning^{[citation needed]}	The Chinese character "鄭" in a red circle outline on a plain white field.
👁 Image	1624–1668	Flag of the Dutch Formosa	Flag of the Dutch East India Company
👁 Image	1626–1642	Flag of the Spanish Formosa	Cross of Burgundy

Flags of the Boxer Rebellion

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	c. 1890s–1901	Battle flag	Battle flag used by the Yihetuan during the Boxer Rebellion. A red flag with a black square, inscribed with a red character 令 (pinyin: lìng; lit.'command' or 'order'), inspired by the flag of the Black Flag Army.
👁 Image	c. 1890s–1901	Anti-foreign flag	A type of flag used by the Yihetuan during the Boxer Rebellion, inscribed with the characters 扶清滅洋 (pinyin: fú qīng miè yáng; lit. 'Support the Qing and Destroy the Foreigners'). A contemporary French Jesuit's diary describes the flag as "yellow [...] with a black border."^[41]

Flags of the Chinese Pirates

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	c. 1849	Reputedly the flag of the Chinese pirate Shap-ng-tsai or decoration confused with the ensign.	The flag is painted with a depiction of Zhang Daoling (34–156 AD), founder of Daoism as a religion in China. He is seated on a rock holding a Bagua (a symbol of Daoism) with a tiger or qilin behind him. A border of bats runs down the fly edge (a symbol of good luck).^[42]

Banners described by Wujing Zongyao

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Banners described by Jixiao Xinshu

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Banners described by Wubei Zhi

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Banners present in old paintings

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Manchukuo

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National flag

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1932–1945	Flag of Manchukuo	A yellow field with the red, blue, white, and black stripes of the first flag of the Republic of China (see above) in the canton.

Standards

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1935–1945	Imperial standard of the Emperor of Manchukuo.	Used by the Emperor of Manchukuo.

Manchukuo Imperial Army and Navy

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1935–1945	War ensign of Manchukuo.	Used by the Manchukuo Imperial Army.
👁 Image	1935–1945	Flag of Navy Minister of Manchukuo
👁 Image	1932–1935	Flag of admiral of the Navy
👁 Image	1935–1945	Flag of admiral of the Navy
👁 Image	1932–1935	Flag of vice admiral of the Navy
👁 Image	1935–1945	Flag of vice admiral of the Navy
👁 Image	1932–1935	Flag of rear admiral of the Navy
👁 Image	1935–1945	Flag of rear admiral of the Navy
👁 Image	1932–1935	Flag of 1st class commodore of the Navy
👁 Image	1935–1945	Flag of 1st class commodore of the Navy
👁 Image		Flag of commander (2nd class commodore) of the Navy
👁 Image		Flag of superior commander of the Navy

Government flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1935–1945	Flag of the Manchukuo Shipping Office.	Used by the Manchukuo Shipping Office.
👁 Image		Flag of the Manchukuo Coast Guard.	Used by the Manchukuo Coast Guard.
👁 Image		Flag of Manchukuo Marine Transport.

Police flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1932–1945	Flag of the Manchukuo Marine Police	Used by the Manchukuo Marine Police.
👁 Image		Flag of the Chief of Civil Administration
👁 Image		Flag of the Chief of Police Civil Administration	Used by the Manchukuo Marine Police.
👁 Image		Flag of the Chief of Marine Police
👁 Image		Flag of the Marine Police Senior Officer at Present Afloat

Political flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1931–1945	Flag of the Concordia Association.	Used by the Concordia Association of Manchukuo. Contains the Chinese characters 協和.
👁 Image	1931–1943	Flag of the Russian Fascist Party.	Minor Russian émigré movement that was based in Manchukuo.

Other

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1932–1945	Flag of the Manchukuo Post	Postal flag of Manchukuo.
👁 Image	1932–1945	Flag of the Boy Scouts of Manchukuo.	Used by the Boy Scouts of Manchukuo.
👁 Image	1906–1945	Flag of the South Manchuria Railway.

Other Japanese puppet states

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1937–1938	Flag of the Great Way Government.
👁 Image	1943	Flag of the New People's Society [zh].	New People's Society [zh] (新民會, "Xinminhui"), a collaborationist, quasi-political-party organization in northern China under Japanese occupation.
👁 Image	1938–1940	Flag of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China.
👁 Image	1936–1939	Flag of the Mongol Military Government, which became the Flag of the Mongol United Autonomous Government in 1937.	A vertical pattern of red, yellow, white as a canton on a blue field.
👁 Image	1937	Flag of the Mongol United Autonomous Government (alternate reconstruction).	Reconstruction of the flag of the Mongol United Autonomous Government based on The Airpost Journal's description. It mentions "a square of horizontal red, yellow, white and black stripes".^[43]
👁 Image	1938–1939	Flag of the South Chahar Autonomous Government, also known as Chanan. Later merged with the Mongol United Autonomous Government and Jinbei to create Mengjiang	A vertical pattern of red, white, blue as a canton on a yellow field.
👁 Image	1938–1939	Flag of the North Shanxi Autonomous Government, also known as Jinbei. Later merged with the Mongol United Autonomous Government and Chanan to create Mengjiang	A vertical pattern of red, blue, white as a canton on a yellow field.
👁 Image	1939–1945	Flag of Mengjiang	A horizontal pattern of yellow, blue, white, red, white, blue, and yellow again.

Foreign concessions and colonies

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Dalian

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1905–1945	Kwantung Leased Territory	Flag of Japan
👁 Image	1898–1905	Russian Dalian	Flag of Russia

Tianjin

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1901–1917	Austro-Hungarian concession of Tianjin	Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy
👁 Image	1902–1931	Belgian concession of Tianjin	Flag of Belgium
👁 Image	1860–1943	British concession of Tianjin	Union Jack
👁 Image	1901–1943	Italian concession of Tianjin	Flag of Italy
👁 Image	1900–1924	Russian concession of Tianjin	Flag of Russia

Chinese Eastern Railway

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Flag	Duration	Use
👁 Image	1932–1935	A combination with the flag of Manchukuo at the top and the flag of Soviet Union at the bottom.
1928–1932	A combination with the Flag of the Republic of China at the top and the flag of Soviet Union at the bottom.
👁 Image	1925–1928	A combination with the Five Races Under One Union flag at the top and the flag of Soviet Union at the bottom.
👁 Image	1915–1925	A combination of the triangular version of the Five Races Under One Union flag and the flag of Russia, with the text "East Provinces' Railway Company of China" in Chinese.
👁 Image	1897–1915	A combination of the triangular version of the flag of the Qing dynasty and the flag of Russia, with the text "East Provinces' Railway of Great Qing" in Chinese.

Hong Kong

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Macau

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Qingdao

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1898–1914	Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory	Flag of Germany (1867–1918)

Shanghai

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	c. 1917–1941	Shanghai International Settlement
👁 Image	1863–c. 1917	Shanghai International Settlement
👁 Image	1849–1943	Shanghai French Concession	Flag of France
👁 Image	1845–1863	British Concession in Shanghai	Union Jack
👁 Image	1848–1863	American Concession in Shanghai	Flag of the United States

Weihai

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1903–1930	British Weihaiwei	A British Blue Ensign with two Mandarin ducks standing on a beach. Flag of Weihaiwei
👁 Image	1899–1903	Flag of the Commissioner of Weihaiwei
👁 Image	1903–1930	Flag of the Commissioner of Weihaiwei

Zhanjiang

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1898–1945	Guangzhouwan	Flag of France

Former secessionist states

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East Turkestan

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1945-1946	Flag of Second East turkestan

Tibet

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
👁 Image	1920-1949	Flag of Chushi Gangdruk	Used by Chushi Gangdruk, a Tibetan guerrilla group, until 1974. The group still exists among the Tibetan exiles and still uses the sword emblem.
👁 Image	1959–present	Flag of Tibet	Currently used by the Tibetan Government in Exile located in Dharamshala, India
👁 Image	1916–1951	Flag of Tibet (1912–1951)	Used by Tibet until 1951.
👁 Image	1950–1951	Flag of the General Derge Se for the Tibetan Army

Misattributed flags

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This is a list of incorrect or fictitious flags which have been reported on as being factual and/or historical flags by contemporary or otherwise reputable sources or popularized on the Internet.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Mistakes in historical sources
👁 Image 👁 Image	19th century	Incorrect image of the Qing flag in the Western publication.	The dragon bears a resemblance to the one on the Flag of Wales.
👁 Image	20th century	Alleged pre-1912 Tibetan flag	Fictitious flag appearing on a collector card from a chocolate manufacturer featuring the palace of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa in the early 20th century. Identical to Chinese Merchant Group flag.
👁 Image	1935–1938	Alleged flag of the East Hebei Autonomous Government	Erroneous flag appearing in a postcard published by Parliamentary Secretary Yin of the Jitong Defense Joint Self-Government in Hebei. The blue and yellow banners are switched due to erroneous coloring. Identical to Provincial Commander-in-Chief of Beiyang Fleet flag.
Historical fiction
👁 Image	7th Century (de facto 1990s)	Alleged flag of The Tibetan Empire	A modern interpretation of an uncertain standard of the Tibetan Emperor, Songtsen Gampo.
👁 Image	21st century	Flag allegedly representing the Tang dynasty on the internet. Similar flags are attributed to other dynasties.
👁 Image		Flags allegedly representing the Mongol Empire or Yuan dynasty on the internet.
👁 Image			A white Soyombo on a blue background.
👁 Image
👁 Image		The "Sun Moon Flag", attributed to the Ming dynasty	Improperly used both on the internet and in real life.^[44]
👁 Image		Another variant of the Ming dynasty Flag
👁 Image	1931–1945 ^[c]	Flag of the Concordia Association.	Contains the Manchu text ᠰᡳᡝᡥᠣᡥᡠᡳ. The Manchu version has never been used.
👁 Image	?	Alleged flag of the pirate Gan Ning.	Various flags containing a bell are assigned to a pirate on the Internet.
👁 Image	?	Alleged flag of the pirate Ching Shih.
Fictional ethnic flags
👁 Image	2010	Flag of the Han dynasty, Han nationalism (contemporary) and Han Chinese.^[d]	The loong symbol is from Qinglong Wadang manufactured in Han dynasty, collected in Xi'an museum.
👁 Image	around 2010s
👁 Image	around 2012	Flag of the Zhuang people.^[e]
👁 Image	around 2012	Flag of the Yi people.^[f]
👁 Image	21st century	Flag of the Salar people.^[g]
Other
👁 Image	?	Proposed tricolour flag for Chaoshan (East Cantonia), China	Used by autonomist activists.
👁 Image	20th–21st century	Xiang separatist movement flag.	Used by the Hunan independence movement.

In 2012, Vietnam mistakenly used the 6-star flag for China (1 big and 5 small stars) during the visit of the President of China.^[46]^[47]

Notes

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^ Flag of the Wuchang uprising.
^ Still used by the ROC Minister of Finance until 2014.
^ De facto used by Manchurian nationalists in Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan in 21st century.
^ Created by 华小桶 for the Han dynasty in 2010, and used by Han nationalist netizens from 2014 or 2015. This flag has also been used to represent the Han Dynasty in some historical reenactments.^[45]
^ The project was created by Leonardo Piccioni de Almeida and gained some popularity among Internet users criticizing the PRC. PRC law prohibits the use of cultural flags. Some websites use this flag to represent the Zhuang language.
^ The project was created by Leonardo Piccioni de Almeida and gained some popularity among Internet users criticizing the PRC. PRC law prohibits the use of cultural flags. Some websites use this flag to represent the Yi language.
^ Tamga of the Salur tribe is actually used, but there is no evidence that it is used as a flag. PRC law prohibits the use of cultural flags. Some websites use this flag to represent the Salar language.

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