China's National Emblem incorporates 4 key elements - the red background and yellow stars of China's National Flag, a wheel, a wheat head and a relief of the Tiananmen Gate.

The elements of the National Flag, together with the wheel and wheat head, symbolize the New China, with Communist leadership supported by an alliance of workers and peasants.

The Tiananmen Gate symbolizes the May 4, 1919 movement led by Beijing University Students whose demonstrations against imperialism lay the foundation for the Chinese Communist Party.

The National Emblem was designed by a group whose members included architect Liang Sicheng, son of Liang Qichao, a politician in the late Qing dynasty, and his wife Lin Huiyin, a famous Chinese poet of the 40s.