What are china's working days?

Answer 1

In China, there are 250 to 251 working days per year (depending on the year).

Each year, the Chinese governement optimises public holidays moving week-end days closest to a public holiday, turning a single offered public holiday (like New Year Day, Qing Ming Day, Labour day, Dragon boat day) into a 3 days vacation period, and a 3 public holidays offered time into a 7 days golden week (that is happening twice a year for Chinese New Year and National Day).

Saturday and sunday are thus none working days except when on shifted week-end days like (there are 8 worked week-end days on 2012 :

sat, 21 jan 2012 - sun, 29 jan 2012 - sat, 31 mar 2012 - sun, 01 apr 2012 - sat, 28 apr 2012 - sat, 29 sept 2012 - sun, 07 oct 2012 - sat, 29 dec 2012

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Here are the public holidays :

New Year's Day - January 1st

Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)- 1st day of 1st lunar month

Lantern Festival - 15th day of 1st lunar month

Zhonghe Festival (Zhong He Jie), Blue Dragon Festival - 2nd day of 2nd lunar month

International Women's Day - March 8

Arbor Day - March 12

Shangsi Festival (Shang Si Jie) - 3rd day of 3rd lunar month

Qing Ming Jie (Tomb Sweeping Day) / Mourning Day / Ching Ming Festival -

104 days after winter solstice (April 4th or 5th)

May Day (May 1st)

Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival) - 5th day of 5th lunar month

The Night of Sevens / Magpie Festival / Qi Xi - 7th day of 7th lunar month

Spirit Festival (Ghost Festival) - 15th day of 7th lunar month

Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) - 15th day of 8th lunar month

National Day (October 1st)

Double Ninth Festival / Dual-Yang Festival / Chung Yeung Festival - 9th day of 9th lunar month

Spirit / Water Lantern Festival - 15th day of the 10th lunar month

Winter Solstice Festival/Mid-Winter Festival - 21st or 22nd of December

Laba Festival / Congee Festival - 8th day of 12th lunar month