National Emblem of The People's Republic of China contents the national flag, Tiananmen Square, gear, and millet sprays. Tiananmen Square symbolizes the unyielding national spirit of the Chinese people in their fight against imperialism and feudalism; the gear represents the working class; the millet sprays represent the peasant class; and the five stars stand for the great unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC. The ears of grain, stars, Tiananmen and cogwheel are painted golden, and the inner part of the circle and hanging ribbons are painted red because these two colors are traditional Chinese colors representing auspiciousness and happiness. The National Emblem is a symbol of the new democratic revolutionary struggles of the Chinese people from the May 4th Movement and the born of the New China with people's democratic dictatorship and based on the worker-peasant alliance, leaded by the working class.
June18th, 1950, the second meeting of the first session of the CPPCC National Committee had adopted the pattern and instructions of National Emblem of the People's Republic of China. September 20th in the same year, Chairman Mao Zedong ordered the government to publish National Emblem of the People's Republic of China. In September, 1954, the first meeting of Session of National People's Congress and Article 5 of the Constitution of the PRC set that there is the Tiananmen Square shined by the five stars in the middle of the National Emblem, and surrounded by millet sprays and gear.
March 2nd, 1991, the 18th meeting of the Seventh National People's Congress Standing Committee of the People's Republic of China had passed "The Law of National Emblem of the People's Republic of China ", and promulgated the Order of the President by the President of the People's Republic of China.