China Holidays | Holidays to China 2024 | Travel Department (2024)

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What is the holiday period in China in 2024? ›

Here's a full list of holidays in 2024: Dec 30-Jan 01: New Year Holiday. Feb 10-17: Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year. Apr 4-6: Tomb Sweeping Day.

This public holiday results in seven days off of work for employees (as a public holiday, Chinese people will get February 10-17, 2024 off), though celebrations can last for more than two weeks.

There are no holidays in China today.

The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), which is also celebrated in overseas ethnic Chinese communities (for example in Malaysia, Thailand or the USA).

here are seven official holidays in China. These are New Year, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Moon Festival and National Day.

Under Chinese labor laws, employees who have worked continuously for one year are entitled to paid annual leave (年休假). The statutory vacation period, based on years of service, is as follows: More than 1 and less than 10 years service: 5 days vacation. More than 10 and less than 20 years service: 10 days vacation.

The minimum amount of annual leave per year in China is 5 days. However it is normal to give 10-15 days to employees. What is the standard amount of paid time off (PTO) in China? The standard amount of paid time off in China is 10-15 days per year.

The first 3 days of Chinese New Year. Extra holiday days are de facto added adjusting the weekend days before and after the three days holiday, resulting in a full week of public holiday known as Golden Week.

Because of the first two facts, Christmas is not an official holiday in China and you may be asked to report to work on this day. Students also don't get to take the day off! But in Hong Kong and Macau where British and Portuguese influence is heavy, people enjoy a two-day public holiday every year.

Which day is weekend in China? ›

Saturdays and Sundays are generally rest days in China.

Christmas in Mainland China is not a public holiday and is not related to religion at all. It's more of a novelty day like Valentine's Day, rather than a religious celebration. But you'll still see the malls and streets of the big cities filled with Christmas decorations, fir trees, Santa Claus and carols.

The two ways to say Christmas in Mandarin Chinese are shèng dàn jié (聖誕節 traditional 圣诞节 simplified) or yē dàn jié (耶誕節 trad 耶诞节 simplified). In each of the phrases, the final two characters (dàn jié) are the same. Dàn refers to birth, and jié means “holiday.”

Blending Culture: Thanksgiving in China

Although some countries have their own Thanksgiving, celebrated at different times of the year, China celebrates Thanksgiving at the same time as Americans – the fourth Thursday of November.

Winter holidays start around mid-January and last until mid-February. The spring break lasts from the end of March to the beginning of April. Summer holidays last from July to September. Of course, public holidays are applicable.

Students and teachers have summer and winter vacations for about three months. The summer vacation in China generally starts around July 1st and ends around August 31st, and the winter vacation usually falls on January or February according to the date of the Spring Festival.

Since the mid-1990s people in China have been given seven consecutive days off work during the Chinese New Year. This week of relaxation has been designated Spring Festival, a term that is sometimes used to refer to the Chinese New Year in general.

Winter vacation is determined by the date of the Chinese Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, and because the date of this festival differs from year to year, the length of the winter break is not fixed. It usually begins 12 days before the start of the festival, and lasts about 5 weeks in all.