Legal Holidays in China． Traditional Holiday Dates

The legal holidays in China are:

New Year's Day

(January 1, a one-day holiday);

Spring Festival

(Lunar New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, the first day of the first month of the lunar year and the second day of the first month of the year are three days' holiday);

Qing Ming Festival

(the day of the Lunar New Year's Day, a one-day holiday);

International Working Women's Day

(March 8, a half-day holiday for women);

Arbor Day

(March 12);

International Labor Day

(May 1, a one-day holiday);

Chinese Youth Day

(May 4, a half-day holiday for young people over 14 years old);

(on the day of Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar, a day off);

International Nurses' Day

(May 12);

Children's Day

(June 1, a day off for children and teenagers younger than 14);

Anniversary of the Birth of the ****anufacturing Party

(July 1);

Commencement Day of the Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

(August 1, with a half-day holiday for active military personnel);

Teachers' Day

(September 10);

Mid-Autumn Festival

(one day off on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival on the lunar calendar);

National Day

(October 1, with three days off);

Journalists' Day

(Nov. 8)

Traditional Chinese Festivals

China's Year-Round Festivals

(No., Festival, Name Date)

1. New Year's Day, January 1; 2. Spring Festival, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar;

3. Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar; 4. Valentine's Day, February 14;

5. International Women's Day, March 8; 6, Arbor Day, March 12;

7, International Consumer Rights Day, March 15;

8, World Sleep Day, March 21;

9, World Water Day, March 22;

10, April Fools' Day, April 1;

11, Ching Ming Festival, April 5;

12, International Labor Day, May 1;

13, Youth Day, May 4 Day; 14, Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May;

15, International Nurses' Day, May 12; 16, World Telecommunication Day, May 17;

17, International Children's Day, June 1; 18, Father's Day, the third Sunday in June;

19, Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar;

20, the anniversary of the founding of the Party, July 1;

21, the anniversary of the founding of the Party, July 1;

22, the anniversary of the founding of the Party, July 1; <

21, the anniversary of the return of Hong Kong, July 1; 22, the Army Day, August 1;

23, Tanabata Valentine's Day, the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar; 24, Teachers' Day, September 10;

25, the anniversary of the September 18 Incident, September 18; 26, World Tourism Day World Tourism Day (September 27);

27 Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15);

28 National Day (October 1);

29 Chung Yeung Festival (September 9);

30 World AIDS Day (December 1);

31 Macao Handover Remembrance Day (December 20);

32 Christmas Day (December 25)

34 World Tourism Day (December 26)