With the winter blues about to kick in pretty hard, you’re probably already planning your holidays for 2020. Although there hasn’t been any official release of dates just yet, you can start making some semi-concrete plans with these dates.
Though we do recommend not to book any flights or hotels until the official calendar is released.
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A typical year on the Mainland consists of seven Chinese holidays, however, in 2020 we are only getting six because Mid-Autumn and National Day will fall on the same day. Oh, and don’t forget that there will also be some adjusted work days!
New Year’s Day
Wednesday, January 1
Days off: 1 day, Jan 1
No adjusted workdays
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Saturday-Monday, January 25-27
Days off: 7 days, Jan 24-30
Adjusted workdays: 2 days, Jan 19 & Feb 1
Tomb Sweeping Day (Qingming Festival)
Saturday, April 4
Days off: 3 days, April 4-6
No adjusted workdays
Labour Day
Friday, May 1
Days off: 3 days, May 1-3
No adjusted workdays
Dragon Boat Festival
Thursday, June 25
Days off: 3 days, June 25-27
Adjusted workdays: 1 day, June 28
Chinese National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival
Thursday, October 1
Days off: 8 days, Oct 1-8
Adjusted workdays: 2 days, Sept 27 & Oct 10
Some other holidays for specific social groups include:
- International Women’s Day – Sunday, March 8 – observed for half day by women only
- Youth Day – Monday, May 8 – observed for half day by youths aged between 14 and 28
- Children’s Day – Monday, June 1 – observed for a full day by children aged below 14
- Army Day – Saturday, August 1 – observed for half day by military personnel in active service