About National Flag Team

Established in May 2018, University of Macau National Flag Team is the first student national flag honor guard of the higher education institutions in Macau. It aims at enhancing the cohesion of students’ patriotism, love to Macau and the sense of belonging to the university.

The team consists of members who are bachelor and master students from 10 residential colleges, covering students from Macao, Hong Kong and the Mainland China.
After fulfilling and attending two trainings provided by the People’s Liberation Army Macao Garrison and regular harsh trainings, it has become well-organized. So far, the team successfully held the first Flag Raising Ceremony of the Convocation of the 2018/2019 Academic Year Ceremony, the 69th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China Flag Raising Ceremony, the Ceremony for the Conferment of Honorary and Higher Degrees 2018’s Flag Raising Ceremony, and Flag Raising Ceremony for Macao SAR Establishment Day. National Flag Team also has a joint training with Tsinghua University student flag team and Beihang University flag team. National Flag Team was invited to watch the flag-raising ceremony of the New Year at Tiananmen Square on January 1, 2019.

Being one of the Cultural and Arts U-teams, National Flag Team is responsible for the missions of raising the National Flag of the People’s Republic of China, Macao Special Administrative Region Regional Flag and UM University Flag in campus, and the flag bearers have casted themselves as one of the most distinctive scenery in UM.

Major missions include:

  1. To hold flag-raising ceremonies on days with important ceremonies and days of significance.
  2. To promote and implement the ” Law of the People’s Republic of China on National Flag” and patriotism among students through various forms, such as the organizing flag-raising ceremony;
  3. To attend the internal activities of the flag guards;
  4. Accomplish other missions assigned by the University.

Coach – Zhou Changhua

“ Four trainings provided by the People’s Liberation Army Macao Garrison ”
“ First Flag-Raising Ceremony among public universities in Macau ”
“ The Convocation of the 2018/2019 Academic Year Ceremony ”
“ The 69th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China Flag-Raising Ceremony ”
“ The Ceremony for the Conferment of Honorary and Higher Degrees 2018’s Flag-raising Ceremony ”
“ Ceremony for Macao SAR Establishment Day ”
“ Joint training with Tsinghua University student flag team and Beihang University flag team ”
“ 2019UM Open Day Flag-raising Ceremony ”
“ 2019 Zhu Hai – Hong Kong– Macau  coming-of-age ceremony’s Flag-raising Ceremony ”
“ GuangDong Province 1st High School National Defense Education Exhibition ”
“ The Congregation 2019 Flag-Raising Ceremony ”
“ The Convocation of the 2019/2020 Academic Year Ceremony ”
“ Bear National Flag with hands and shoulders” University Students of GuangZhou-Macao joint Flag-raising Ceremony for the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China ”
“ Sixth National High School Flag Raising Exhibition in Beijing ”
“ The Ceremony for the Conferment of Honorary and Higher Degrees 2019’s Flag-raising Ceremony ”
” The 1st National Flag-raising Team Alignment Demonstration of Macao Tertiary Institution and Youth Organisations ”
“ Bear National Flag with hands and shoulders” University Students of Beijing-Zhejing-Macao joint Flag-raising Ceremony for the 20th Anniversary of the Macao S.A.R ”
“ 2020 New year’s day Flag Raising Ceremony ”
“ 2020UM Open Day Flag Raising Ceremony ”
“ Flag Raising Ceremony for May 4 Youth Day 2020”
“ Flag Raising Ceremony for UM Convocation 2020/21”
“ Flag Raising Ceremony to celebrate the 71st Anniversary of the founding of National Day of the People’s Republic of China”
“ The Congregation 2020 Flag-Raising Ceremony ”
“ Flag Raising Ceremony for the 21th Anniversary of the Macao S.A.R ”
“ Flag Raising Ceremony for 2021 New Year’s Day ”
“ Open Day Flag Raising Ceremony to celebrate UM 40th Anniversary ”
“ 2024 Macao’s Higher Education Institutions Joint Flag Raising Ceremony for Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th Anniversary of the Macao S.A.R.”