The original singer of Singing the Motherland is the China Broadcasting Art Troupe Choir.

"Singing the Motherland" is a patriotic song composed by the people's musician Wang Xin in 1950. It is one of the most influential mass songs in contemporary Chinese music creation. Sung by the China Broadcasting Art Troupe Choir. In September 1950, on the train returning to Tianjin from Beijing after buying musical instruments, Wang Xin created the first prototype of "Singing the Motherland".

"Singing the Motherland" Since May 19, 1980, the "News and Newspaper Digest" program of the Central People's Broadcasting Station, as well as the early morning broadcast and the end of the night, have started and ended with "Singing the Motherland". song. Since May 1, 1990, "Singing the Motherland" has been used as the flag-raising song in the Tiananmen Square flag-raising ceremony every morning. "Singing the Motherland" has become the ceremonial song, opening song, and closing song for all major state affairs, various conference activities, foreign affairs activities, and review activities in our country. On October 12, 1980, "Ode to the Motherland" won the highest award of UNESCO's first "Golden Record". In 2001, "Singing the Motherland" won the Golden Bell Award, the highest honor in the Chinese music industry. In 2019, "Singing the Motherland" was selected as one of the "100 Excellent Songs to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" by the Central Propaganda Department.