The National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China voted on October 17 last year to amend the National Flag Law, which came into effect on January 1 this year. The new law stipulates that China’s five-star flag must not be hung upside down or inserted upside down in a way that undermines the dignity of the national flag, otherwise it will be held criminally liable. In response, Chinese netizens have criticized the authorities for overdoing it, saying “Don’t buy or use it!”
In addition to improving the scale of the national flag and national emblem, increasing the number of occasions and norms for their use, and clarifying the supervisory authority, the new flag law also requires that when flag-raising ceremonies are held in the future, those present must stand at attention facing the national flag and salute or salute, and must not act in a way that damages the dignity of the national flag.
In addition, the new regulations also require that Chinese people shall not hoist or use the five-star flag in a manner that undermines the dignity of the national flag, nor shall they discard it at will; if the national flag is used in a large mass gathering, the organizer shall collect and properly dispose of the flag. Violators may be held criminally liable.
Many Chinese netizens flooded the message, “Don’t buy it, don’t use it, it’s never wrong”, “Isn’t it a bit overkill? This regulation will only make more and more people afraid to use the flag, after all, the wind blows a little suspected of breaking the law, who is happy ah? The flag is not a flag, “no longer buy a small flag, save a small amount of money” and others acid “National Day parade, the party flag walking in front of the national flag is not also a violation of the flag law?” The other people are sore, “Can you tell me what to do with the used up small red flag? I should hold a ceremony to throw it into the trash.
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