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Public Holidays

China has 16 legal holidays, including New Year's Day, Spring Festival, May Day, National Day, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival when all Chinese people will be on vacation. The other nine are for special industries or specific people like Women's Day, Arbor Day, Youth Day, International Nurse Day, Children's Day, Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party (the Party's Birthday) and Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Teacher's Day, and Journalists' Day.
Peak time for travel in China always occurs on National Day, which we Chinese call the 'Seven-day Golden Week', sometimes the New Year's Day and Spring Festival. Hotel rooms, train tickets or air tickets will definitely be in great demand then. So it is smart to avoid going to China during these peak festivals, because of the crowds and the difficulty of travel.

Festival	Date	Number of off days
New Year's Day	January 1st	1 day
Spring Festival	Subject to the lunation, normally in January or February	3 days (New Year's Eve, 1st and 2nd day of the first lunar month)
May Day	May 1st	1 day (May 1st)
National Day	October 1st	3 days (October 1st, 2nd and 3rd )
Qingming Festival	April 5th	1 day (April 5th)
Dragon Boat Festival	The 5th day of the 5th lunar month	1 day (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Mid-Autumn Festival	The 15th day of the 8th lunar month	1 day (The 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
Women's Day	March 8th	half day for women
Arbor Day	March 12th	No days off
Youth Day	May 4th	Half day for the youth above 14 years
International Nurse Day	May 12th	No days off
Children's Day	June 1st	1 day for children under 13 years
Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party	July 1st	No days off
Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army	August 1st	Half day for active army
Teacher's Day	September 10th	No days off
Journalists' Day	November 8th	No days off

Chinese Traditional festival

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