A new State Flag of Myanmar flies in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 21, 2010. [Xinhua]

Myanmar started to use new state flag Thursday afternoon prescribed in the new state constitution, according to an announcement of the State Peace and Development Council aired by the state radio and television.

The council enacted some laws concerning state flag, state seal and national anthem in accordance with the new state constitution.

The state flag, state seal and national anthem had been prescribed in the new state constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar approved through a national referendum in May 2008.

The concerned laws were promulgated by the council as a preparatory work to bring the constitution into operation before the parliamentary election set for Nov. 7, the announcement said.

With a white star within, the new Myanmar state flag appears with three columns of color -- yellow, green and red, while the state seal appears with a star on top and the country map in the center surrounded with two ears of paddy and two lions respectively resting on each side.

The national anthem is the same as the old introduced since the country regained independence in 1948.

According to the transitory provisions of the 2008 constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the constitution shall come into operation throughout the union from the day the first session of the Union Parliament is convened.

"The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) shall continue to exercise state sovereignty before this constitution comes into operation," one of the provisions state.