(1950年9月20日中央人民政府委员会办公厅公布)
(Promulgated by the General Office of the Central Government Council on September 20, 1950)

一、两把麦稻组成正圆形的环。齿轮安在下方麦稻杆的交叉点上。齿轮的中心交结着红绶。红绶向左右绾住麦稻而下垂,把齿轮分成上下两部。
1. Two bunches of wheat and rice form a round ring. A cogwheel is placed where the wheat and rice stems cross at the base. Red ribbon forms a knot in the centre of the cogwheel. The red ribbon coils up the wheat and rice on the left and right of the cogwheel and hangs down, dividing the cogwheel into an upper and a lower part.

二、从图案正中垂直画一直线,其左右两部分,完全对称。
2. If a vertical straight line is drawn in the centre of the design, the left and the right parts thereof are completely symmetrical.

三、图案各部分之地位、尺寸,可根据方格墨线图之比例,放大或缩小。
3. The positions and measurements of the various parts of the design may be enlarged or reduced to the scale of the

squared ink line sketch.

四、如制作浮雕,其各部位之高低,可根据断面图之比例放大或缩小。
4. If a relief sculpture is made, the height of the various parts may be magnified or lessened to the scale of the sectional drawing.

五、国徽之涂色为金红二色:麦稻、五星、天安门、齿轮为金色,圆环内之底子及垂绶为红色;红为正红(同于国旗),金为大赤金(淡色而有光泽之金)。
5. The National Emblem is in red and gold: the wheat and rice, the five stars, Tian’anmen and the cogwheel are in gold, the base of the part within the round ring and the hanging ribbon are in red; the red is pure red (the same as the National Flag), the gold is pure gold (light and bright).

中华人民共和国国徽方格墨线图(略)
Appendix III:DECISION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS REGARDING THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIMES OF DESECRATING THE NATIONAL FLAG AND THE NATIONAL EMBLEM OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA