Speech Under the Flag
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The Speech Under the Flag (Chinese: 国旗下讲话; pinyin: Guóqí xià jiǎnghuà) is a common part of the flag-raising ceremony in kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools in the People's Republic of China since the 1990s.[1] The speech is given by teachers, model workers, advanced figures and outstanding students in front of their classmates. It is part of the patriotic education in China.[2] It aims to strengthen the sense of mission and responsibility of kindergarten students and above to "love the motherland".[3] The flag-raising speech is a regulation made by the Ministry of Education in accordance with the 1990 Law of the People's Republic of China on the National Flag.[4] It is widely implemented in schools in mainland China, and academic papers have been studying it since 1996.[5][6]