On National Day, New Year's Day, International Labor Day and other festivals, the state encourages citizens to hang the national flag at home. The national flag is raised at sunrise in the morning and lowered at sunset in the evening. No damaged, defaced, faded or substandard national flag shall be hoisted.
When the national flag is hoisted, it should be placed in a prominent position. The national flag and its design shall not be used as trademarks and advertisements, nor shall it be used for private funeral activities, nor shall it intentionally insult the people of China and the national flag by burning, damaging, scribbling, defacing or trampling.
Whoever intentionally insults the people and the national flag of China by burning, damaging, scribbling, defileing or trampling in public places shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law; If the circumstances are relatively minor, the public security organ shall impose a detention of not more than fifteen days.
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The National Flag Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that:
Article 6 All departments in the State Council, standing committees of local people's congresses at various levels, people's governments, people's courts, people's procuratorates and local committees of China People's Political Consultative Conference shall display the national flag on working days.
Full-time schools raise the national flag every day except winter and summer holidays and Sundays.
Article 7 State organs and people's organizations at all levels shall display the national flag on National Day, International Labor Day, New Year's Day and Spring Festival. Enterprises and institutions, villagers' committees, residents' committees, urban residents' courtyards (buildings), squares, parks and other public places may display the national flag if conditions permit.
If the Spring Festival is not celebrated with traditional festivals, the organs of self-government of ethnic autonomous areas decide to raise the national flag during the Spring Festival.
On the anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) and major national traditional festivals, the national flag can be hoisted in ethnic autonomous areas.