What will happen if the dignity of the national flag and emblem is damaged?

China's revision of the National Flag Law and the National Emblem Law prohibits actions such as harming the dignity of the national flag and the national emblem. The 22nd meeting of the 13th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted on the 17th to adopt a decision on the revision of the National Flag Law and the National Emblem Law, which will take effect on January 1, 221. The revised National Flag Law and National Emblem Law further prohibit acts that damage the dignity of the national flag and national emblem. For example, the national flag law clearly stipulates that the national flag shall not be hung upside down, inserted upside down or used in other ways that harm the dignity of the national flag. Do not discard the national flag at will. According to the new law, those who intentionally insult the national flag and national emblem by burning, damaging, scribbling, defileing or trampling on public occasions 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. In addition, the new law also increases the application occasions of the national flag and national emblem. For example, it is stipulated that special people's courts and special people's procuratorates should be added, and relevant agencies of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions should fly the national flag and the national emblem on working days.

? Yang Zhijin, a member of the the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), took the point of clarifying the imprison part of the national flag and national emblem as an example, saying that this amendment enabled the comprehensive imprisonment and breakup law to achieve an accurate, real-time and efficient monitoring and management policy, and the modernization of the national management system and management skills emerged.

Intensify publicity and strengthen the patriotic consciousness of the whole people

From defining that full-time schools should take the national flag teaching as an important part of patriotic teaching, teaching students to know the history and inner energy of the national flag, observing the types of flag raising and utilization and the etiquette of flag raising ceremony, to increasing the requirements for raising the national flag on important memorial days such as National Constitution Day and Memorial Day for Righteous Persons, and then to defining the requirements for raising the national flag on important festivals and memorial days such as residential quarters.

It was noted in the group deliberation that the direction of strengthening the propaganda and education of the national flag emerged in many delineation of the revised draft of the National Flag Law. Participants believed that promoting common sense of the national flag is an important means to guide the public to use the national flag and its patterns, which should be paid attention to.

Li Yingsheng, a deputy to the National People's Congress, hinted that there should be many ways to publicize the common sense of the national flag. It is not only to guide the public to use the national flag and its patterns, but also to teach the public to know the history and energy of the national flag. At the moment, many people know the national flag law and the national emblem law, but they don't know much about the content. ? Xie Jingrong, a member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), said that after the two laws are revised and improved, publicity should be held all over the country, so that students and the general public can get to know each other and abide by them.