The Origin and Customs of Labor Day

Labor Day, also known as "May 1 International Labor Day" and "International Demonstration Day", is a national holiday in more than 80 countries in the world. On May 1 day every year. This is a festival for working people all over the world.

This festival originated from the workers' strike in Chicago, USA. In order to commemorate this great workers' movement, 1889, the second international founding conference announced that May 1 day every year would be designated as International Labor Day.

In February 1949, the Government Affairs Council of the Central People's Government of China made a decision to designate May 1 day as Labor Day. After 1989, the State Council basically commended the national model workers and advanced workers every five years, and commended about 3,000 people each time.

China people's activities to celebrate Labor Day can be traced back to 19 18. This year, some revolutionary intellectuals distributed leaflets introducing May Day to the masses in Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Hankou. 1 920 may1day, workers and masses from industrial cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jiujiang and Tangshan marched to the market and held a massive demonstration and assembly. This is the first time that China commemorates May 1 International Labor Day, and it is also the first May 1 Labor Day in the history of China.

In September, 1999, the State Council reformed and introduced a new legal holiday system. Every year, the National Day, the Spring Festival and the "May Day" statutory holiday plus the adjustment holiday, the whole country has seven days off. Since then, the tourism consumption fever caused by the three "Golden Weeks" has become a new bright spot in China's economic life, and the holiday economy has become a new topic that people relish. Has basically taken shape. Starting from 20071October 9 165438+, the National Legal Holidays Adjustment Plan was published on People's Daily Online, Xinhuanet, National Development and Reform Commission, Sina, Sohu and other websites, and conducted public opinion surveys. The contents of the adjustment mainly include: "May Day" is adjusted from 7 days to 3 days, with a decrease of 4 days. May Day Golden Week will also become history.

On March 22, 20 19, with the approval of the State Council, the holiday time of labor day on 20 19 was adjusted to four days, specifically, it was a holiday from May 0 to 4, and I went to work on April 28 (Sunday) and May 5 (Sunday).