It is illegal to use the national flag and national emblem indiscriminately. The flag and its designs may not be used as trademarks, patented designs or commercial advertisements, and may not be used at private funerals. If a perpetrator intentionally insults the national flag or national emblem of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China by burning, damaging, scribbling, defiling, or trampling on it in a public place, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political power. right.

Legal Basis

Article 20 of the "Flag Law"

The national flag and its patterns shall not be used as trademarks, patented designs or commercial advertisements. It shall not be used in inappropriate situations such as private funeral events.

Article 299 of the "Criminal Law"

Intentionally insulting the Chinese people by burning, damaging, scrawling, defiling, trampling, etc. on public occasions** *Those who use the flag or national emblem of the Republic of China shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights.

In public places, those who deliberately tamper with the lyrics and music score of the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, perform or sing the national anthem in a distorted or derogatory manner, or insult the national anthem in other ways, if the circumstances are serious, shall be punished in accordance with the preceding regulations. penalties specified in the paragraph.