New Year's Day national legal holiday is a few days

New Year's Day national legal holiday is three days, the specific provisions are as follows:

1, January 1 is a legal holiday, the employer should be paid according to the normal work;

2, New Year's Day **** holiday for three days: January 1 (Saturday) to January 3 (Monday).

The difference between holidays and vacations is as follows:

1, the holidays are national legal holidays, but also refers to the unit of vacation days. In addition to double holidays, China's national holidays for New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Qingming, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day;

2, the holiday is in accordance with the provisions of the regulations or with the approval of the day you can not work or do not study, there is no specific cultural significance. For example, public holidays are the right of workers to rest as stipulated in the Labor Law. It is short and specifically framed to a certain day.

Legal basis: "National Annual and Memorial Day Holiday Measures," Article 2

Festivals for all citizens to take a holiday:

(a) New Year's Day, a holiday of 1 day (January 1);

(b) Spring Festival, a holiday of 3 days (the first day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, the second day of the second month, the third day of the first month of the Lunar New Year);

(c) Ching Ming Festival, a holiday of 1 day (the day of Ching Ming in the lunar calendar);

(iv) Labor Day, a holiday of 1 day (May 1);

(v) Dragon Boat Festival, a holiday of 1 day (the day of Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar);

(vi) Mid-Autumn Festival, a holiday of 1 day (the day of Mid-Autumn Festival in the lunar calendar);

(vii) National Day, a holiday of 3 days (Oct. 1st, 2nd and 3rd).

Article 3

Festivals and anniversaries on which some citizens are entitled to holidays:

(1) Women's Day (March 8), half a day of holiday for women;

(2) Youth Day (May 4), half a day of holiday for youths over 14 years of age;

(3) Children's Day (June 1), one day of holiday for children and adolescents under 14 years of age;

(4) National Day, three days of holiday (the same day as the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Chinese lunar calendar);

(d) the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (August 1), active military personnel take a half-day holiday.