China Public Holiday Schedule 2013/2014
There are seven official holidays in China. Five of these are three-day holidays. There are two week-long national holidays in China: Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, in January or February, and National Day holiday, which is the first week of October.
A unique feature of Chinese holidays is that weekends, which are usually days off for office workers, are worked if there is a public holiday that week. For example if Monday to Wednesday was a public holiday then the weekend before would be worked, so the statutory holiday is effectively only one day.
| China's 2013 and 2014 Public Holiday Calendar | ||||||||||
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| Holiday Name | Date of Event | Statutory Holiday2013 Dates | Expected 2014 Dates | Summary | ||||||
| New Year's Day | Jan. 1 | 1 day | Jan. 1–3 | Dec. 30, 2013 – Jan. 1, 2014 | The beginning of a new year based on the Gregorian calendar. | |||||
| Chinese New Year | 2013: Feb. 10, 2014: Jan.31 | 3 days | Jan. 30–5.Feb. 9–15. | It is also called Spring Festival, and is the most important festival in China. | ||||||
| Qingming Festival | 2013: Apr. 4, 2014: Apr. 5 | 1 day | Apr. 4–6.Apr. 4–6. | Beginning one of the 24 Chinese solar terms in China, it is also called Tomb Sweeping Day, and is for commemorating the dead. | ||||||
| May Day | May 1 | 1 day | Apr. 29 – May 1 | May. 1 – May 3 | China's celebration of International Labor Day. | |||||
| Dragon Boat Festival | 2013: Jun. 12, 2014, Jun. 2 | 1 day | May. 31–2.Jun. | A traditional Chinese festival with activities such as dragon boat racing and eating zongzi (sticky rice wrapped in leaves). | ||||||
| Mid-Autumn Day | 2013: Sep. 19, 2014: Sep. 8 | 1 day | Sep. 8 | Sep. 6–8 | A day for Chinese family reunions and a harvest festival in China. | |||||
| National Day | Oct. 1 | 3 days | Oct. 1–7 | Oct. 1–7 | The celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China. | |||||
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No, there are no public holidays in China between the dates you mentioned. It is wise to avoid public holidays when travelling in China. Candy Wei Replied on 01:26 AM Oct. 06 2011