Flag of the People's Liberation Army

E1046290

military flag national military symbol

The Flag of the People's Liberation Army is the military flag of China’s armed forces, featuring a red field with a golden star and the Chinese characters for “8 1” commemorating the founding date of the PLA.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of the People's Liberation Army canonical	1
flag of the People’s Liberation Army	1
中国人民解放军军机标志	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13566154 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of the People's Liberation Army
Context triple: [Macau garrison of the PLA, flag, Flag of the People's Liberation Army]

A. Flag of the People's Republic of China
The Flag of the People's Republic of China is a red field with five yellow stars symbolizing the leadership of the Communist Party and the unity of the Chinese people.
B. Flag of the Vietnam People's Army
The Flag of the Vietnam People's Army is the military standard of Vietnam’s armed forces, featuring a red field with a prominent yellow star symbolizing revolutionary struggle and national unity.
C. Flag of the Republic of China
The Flag of the Republic of China is a red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve rays, symbolizing nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood, and is commonly associated with Taiwan.
D. Flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic
The Flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic was the red banner used by the Chinese Communist revolutionary government in the early 1930s, featuring Soviet-inspired symbols to represent proletarian revolution and socialist ideals.
E. Flag of the President of China
The Flag of the President of China is the official presidential standard used to represent and symbolize the office and authority of the President of the People's Republic of China.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of the People's Liberation Army
Target entity description: The Flag of the People's Liberation Army is the military flag of China’s armed forces, featuring a red field with a golden star and the Chinese characters for “8 1” commemorating the founding date of the PLA.

A. Flag of the People's Republic of China
The Flag of the People's Republic of China is a red field with five yellow stars symbolizing the leadership of the Communist Party and the unity of the Chinese people.
B. Flag of the Vietnam People's Army
The Flag of the Vietnam People's Army is the military standard of Vietnam’s armed forces, featuring a red field with a prominent yellow star symbolizing revolutionary struggle and national unity.
C. Flag of the Republic of China
The Flag of the Republic of China is a red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve rays, symbolizing nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood, and is commonly associated with Taiwan.
D. Flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic
The Flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic was the red banner used by the Chinese Communist revolutionary government in the early 1930s, featuring Soviet-inspired symbols to represent proletarian revolution and socialist ideals.
E. Flag of the President of China
The Flag of the President of China is the official presidential standard used to represent and symbolize the office and authority of the President of the People's Republic of China.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military flag ⓘ national military symbol ⓘ
adopted	1949 ⓘ
associatedWith	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ People's Republic of China ⓘ linked to: People’s Republic of China
background	plain red field ⓘ
category	Flags of China ⓘ linked to: Flag of the People's Republic of China Military flags ⓘ
color	gold ⓘ red ⓘ
commemorates	1 August 1927 ⓘ founding of the People's Liberation Army ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
designElement	golden "八一" characters ⓘ golden five-pointed star ⓘ
emblemOf	People's Liberation Army ⓘ
fieldColor	red ⓘ
fieldSymbol	golden star and "八一" characters ⓘ
fieldSymbolContrast	gold on red ⓘ
inscription	"八一" ⓘ
languageOfInscription	Chinese ⓘ
mottoText	"八一" ⓘ
primarySymbolColor	gold ⓘ
refersTo	Nanchang Uprising ⓘ
represents	Chinese armed forces ⓘ linked to: People's Liberation Army Chinese military tradition ⓘ
script	Chinese characters ⓘ
shape	rectangular ⓘ
starColor	gold ⓘ
starCount	1 ⓘ
status	current flag ⓘ
symbol	Chinese characters for "八一" ⓘ golden star ⓘ
usedBy	People's Armed Police ⓘ People's Liberation Army ⓘ People's Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ linked to: Chinese Air Force People's Liberation Army Ground Force ⓘ People's Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force ⓘ linked to: People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department People's Liberation Army Navy ⓘ People's Liberation Army Rocket Force ⓘ People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ
usedFor	military ceremonies ⓘ military installations ⓘ military units ⓘ
writingSystemOfInscription	Chinese logographic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macau garrison of the PLA → flag → Flag of the People's Liberation Army ⓘ

Standard of the Chairman of the Central Military Commission → distinctFrom → flag of the People’s Liberation Army ⓘ

linked to: Flag of the People's Liberation Army

“八一”军旗 → 相关对象 → 中国人民解放军军机标志 ⓘ