Public Holidays in China
China has 16 legal festivals, including New Year's Day, Spring Festival, May Day, National Day, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival when all Chinese people will be on vacation. The other nine are for special industries or specific people like Women's Day, Arbor Day, Youth Day, International Nurse Day, Children's Day, Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party (the Party's Birthday) and Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Teacher's Day, and Journalists' Day. At the festivals, people can enjoy the legal holidays. Always a lot of people go out of their homes for traveling or shopping.
China has 16 legal festivals, including New Year's Day, Spring Festival, May Day, National Day, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival when all Chinese people will be on vacation. The other nine are for special industries or specific people like Women's Day, Arbor Day, Youth Day, International Nurse Day, Children's Day, Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party (the Party's Birthday) and Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Teacher's Day, and Journalists' Day. At the festivals, people can enjoy the legal holidays. Always a lot of people go out of their homes for traveling or shopping.
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2010 / 2011 Public Holidays Schedule
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Festival
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Date
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Legal Holidays
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Holidays of 2010
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Holidays of 2011
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New Year's Day
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January 1st
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1 day
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January 1st-January 3rd
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January 1st-
January 3rd |
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Subject to the lunation.
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3 days (the last day of the last lunar month and the first and second days of the first lunar month)
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It falls on February 14th, 2010.
The holiday is from February 13th to February 19th, 2010 |
It falls on February 3rd, 2011.
The holiday is from February 2nd to February 8th, 2011 |
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Women's Day
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March 8th
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half day for women
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half day of March 8th
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half day of March 8th
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Arbor Day
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March 12th
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no days off
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no holidays
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no holidays
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April 4th or April 5th
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1 day
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It falls on April 5th, 2010. The holiday is from April 3rd to 5th.
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It falls on April 5th, 2011. The holiday is from April 3rd to 5th.
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May Day
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May 1st
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1 day
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May 1st - 3rd, 2010
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May 1st - 3rd, 2011
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Youth Day
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May 4th
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half day for youth above 14 years old
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half day of May 4th
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half day of May 4th
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International Nurse Day
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May 12th
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no days off
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no holidays
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no holidays
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Children's Day
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June 1st
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1 day for children under 13 years old
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June 1st, 2010
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June 1st, 2011
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the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.
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1 day
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It falls on June 16th, 2010. The holiday is from June 14th to June 16th.
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It falls on June 6th, 2011. The holiday is from June 4th to June 6th.
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Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party
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July 1st
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no days off
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no holidays
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no holidays
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Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
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August 1st
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half day for active army
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half day of August 1st for active army
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half day of August 1st for active army
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Teachers' Day
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September 10th
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no days off
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no holidays
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no holidays
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August 15th according to the lunar calendar
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1 day
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It falls on September 22nd, 2010. The holiday is from September 22nd to September 24th.
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It falls on September 12th, 2011. The holiday is from September 10th to September 12th.
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National Day
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October 1st
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3 days (October 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
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October 1st - 7th, 2010
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October 1st - 7th, 2011
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Journalists' Day
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November 8th
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no days off
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no holidays
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no holidays
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