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| Thursday,August 09,2007 Posted: 04:23 BJT(2023 GMT) |
| From:China Original:Others |
There are four official Public holidays in the People's Republic of China as of March 2007:
New Year's Day,
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year),
Labour Day
National Day
The New Year's Day holiday is two days long, while the other three are three days long; in addition, surrounding weekends are moved so that a three-day holiday is created for New Year's Day, and a seven-day holiday is created for each of the other three public holidays.
The week-long holidays on May Day and National Day began in 2000, as a measure to increase and encourage holiday spending. The resulting seven-day holidays are called "Golden Weeks", and have become peak seasons for travelling and tourism.
Updated: Aug. 2007 |
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