TheflagofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaisaredfieldchargedinthecanton(upperleftcorner)withfivegoldenstars.Thedesignfeaturesonelargestar,withfoursmallerstarsinasemicirclesetofftowardsthefly(rightside).Theredrepresentsrevolution;thefivestarsandtheirrelationshiprepresenttheunityoftheChinesepeopleundertheleadershipoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC).Sometimes,theflagisreferredtoasthe"FiveStarRedFlag"