China Public Holidays 2011
China Public Holidays 2011
Chinese people legally enjoy over 115 days off including 104 days of weekends and 11 days of festivals. Employees have 5 to 15 days of paid annual leave. 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 Februry according to the date of the Spring Festival.
Public Holiday Calendar
China has 7 legal holidays in a year, including New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. At the festivals, all Chinese people will be on vacation. The table below provides detailed information of 2011 / 2012 public holidays. Hope it can help you make a good plan of your China tour.
List of People’s Republic of China Public Holidays 2011
International New Year’s Day
Marks the beginning of a new calendar year
Saturday, 1 January 2011
Spring Festival, Chinese/Lunar New Year
Most important of the traditional Chinese holidays, the festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (zheng yue) in the Chinese lunar calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day.
1st day of 1st lunar month
(read about Chinese New Year 2011)
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Friday, 4 February 2011
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Qing Ming / Tomb Sweeping Day / Clear Bright Festival
Qingming Jie Is a festival for Chinese people to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites.
5th Solar Term / April 4 or April 5
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
China Labour Day / May Day / International Workers’ Day
China celebrates International Labour Day on 1st of May. In the past, China Labour Day (also called as China May Day) used to be a week long affair. In 2008, after a major China holiday reform, Labour Day is shortened and some Chinese traditional festivals are introduced as public holidays.
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Monday, 2 May 2011
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Duanwu Festival / Dragon Boat Festival / Dumpling Festival
A traditional and statutory holiday associated with China and other Chinese-speaking societies, with focus of the celebrations includes eating zongzi, which are large rice wraps/dumplings, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.
5th day of 5th Chinese lunar month, thus alternative name of Double Fifth Festival
Monday, 6 June 2011
Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival / Lantern Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiujie), is a popular harvest festival celebrated by people in the Chinese influenced world. Traditionally on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, drink chinese tea, and eat moon cakes and pomelos under the moon together. In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival.
15th day of 8th lunar month in Chinese lunar calendar
Monday, 12 September 2011
National Day of the People’s Republic of China
The National Day is celebration of the founding day of People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949 with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square.
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Monday, 3 October 2011
