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National Day (Official Closure Day)

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33 public-holiday entries across 33 dates

33 recorded confirmed
0 estimated / awaiting confirmation

14 weekend dates
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China’s annual holiday arrangement may add closure days and designate nearby weekends as working days. These adjustments are included only after official publication.

Calendar status Meaning
Statutory dates 13 statutory core days under current rules
Festival dates Official closure periods confirmed
Working weekends Officially announced; listed in details below
Annual arrangement State Council notice available

2026 holiday calendar

Public-holiday entries are listed below. Bank, office and school coverage is incomplete; an unmarked institution is not necessarily open. Optional-holiday coverage has not been established.

Labour Day

Confirmed — source checked

Long-weekend planner

Assumption: Saturday and Sunday are non-working days, plus the listed public holidays. This is your planning assumption, not a universal legal workweek. Employer schedules may differ. Only supported holiday dates are included.

  • 4 consecutive days1 January 2026 – 4 January 2026New Year's Day, New Year (Official Closure Day) + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 10 consecutive days14 February 2026 – 23 February 2026Spring Festival (Official Closure Day), Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days4 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Qingming (Official Closure Day), Tomb-Sweeping Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 5 consecutive days1 May 2026 – 5 May 2026Labour Day, Labour Day (Official Closure Day) + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days19 June 2026 – 21 June 2026Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival (Official Closure Day) + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 September 2026 – 27 September 2026Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival (Official Closure Day) + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 7 consecutive days1 October 2026 – 7 October 2026National Day, National Day (Official Closure Day) + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
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Official sources and date status

Recorded confirmation and independent source review are shown separately. An institution-specific notice does not establish closure for every employer or school.

www.gov.cn

Official holiday calendar or legal framework

Confirmed · Scope: working_days · Checked 2026-10-01

The shared long-weekend planner assumes a regular weekend and cannot subtract officially adjusted working weekends. Its calculated breaks are illustrative, not the official China work calendar. For 2026, January 4, February 14 and 28, May 9, September 20 and October 10 are WORKING DAYS. In particular, the official New Year break ends January 3, not January 4; the Spring Festival break starts February 15, not February 14. None of these six working dates is stored as a holiday. Calendar/ICS downloads contain only listed holiday or closure dates; they do not encode working-day overrides. PDF sources and page notes explain the adjustments.

www.gov.cn

Official holiday calendar or legal framework

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Mainland China has 13 statutory holiday days: New Year 1; Spring Festival 4 (Lunar New Year eve and lunar days 1-3); Qingming 1; Labour Day 2 (May 1-2); Dragon Boat 1; Mid-Autumn 1; National Day 3 (October 1-3). This is distinct from the annual closure calendar, which also includes weekends and adjusted days off. Hong Kong, Macao, regional ethnic holidays and group-specific half-days are outside this national calendar.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Official annual closure day including weekend/adjusted time off; does not add a statutory holiday day. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

www.gov.cn

State Council 2026 annual holiday arrangement

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-01

Statutory public holiday core day; counts toward the 13-day legal entitlement. Confirmed by State Council notice dated 4 November 2025. Adjusted WORKING weekends: Jan 4; Feb 14, 28; May 9; Sep 20; Oct 10. These are not holidays. The planner assumes regular weekends and cannot subtract working-weekend overrides; use the official closure periods in the page notes.

Public holiday information

Mainland China has 13 statutory holiday days: New Year 1; Spring Festival 4 (Lunar New Year eve and lunar days 1-3); Qingming 1; Labour Day 2 (May 1-2); Dragon Boat 1; Mid-Autumn 1; National Day 3 (October 1-3). This is distinct from the annual closure calendar, which also includes weekends and adjusted days off. Hong Kong, Macao, regional ethnic holidays and group-specific half-days are outside this national calendar.

2026 official arrangement confirmed: 33 closure/calendar dates are represented, including the 13 statutory core days. Extra closure-day labels do not increase the statutory entitlement.

Festival Official 2026 closure period Calendar days
New Year 2026-01-01 to 2026-01-03 3
Spring Festival 2026-02-15 to 2026-02-23 9
Qingming 2026-04-04 to 2026-04-06 3
Labour Day 2026-05-01 to 2026-05-05 5
Dragon Boat Festival 2026-06-19 to 2026-06-21 3
Mid-Autumn Festival 2026-09-25 to 2026-09-27 3
National Day 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-07 7

Adjusted working weekends: The shared long-weekend planner assumes a regular weekend and cannot subtract officially adjusted working weekends. Its calculated breaks are illustrative, not the official China work calendar. For 2026, January 4, February 14 and 28, May 9, September 20 and October 10 are WORKING DAYS. In particular, the official New Year break ends January 3, not January 4; the Spring Festival break starts February 15, not February 14. None of these six working dates is stored as a holiday. Calendar/ICS downloads contain only listed holiday or closure dates; they do not encode working-day overrides. PDF sources and page notes explain the adjustments.

Offices

The shared long-weekend planner assumes a regular weekend and cannot subtract officially adjusted working weekends. Its calculated breaks are illustrative, not the official China work calendar. For 2026, January 4, February 14 and 28, May 9, September 20 and October 10 are WORKING DAYS. In particular, the official New Year break ends January 3, not January 4; the Spring Festival break starts February 15, not February 14. None of these six working dates is stored as a holiday. Calendar/ICS downloads contain only listed holiday or closure dates; they do not encode working-day overrides. PDF sources and page notes explain the adjustments.

Banks

Financial-market, settlement and branch schedules require the relevant institution notice; public holidays do not establish identical banking closures.

Schools

School terms, summer/winter breaks and institution-specific dates are not represented as national public holidays.

Practical planning

Spring Festival and National Day have heavy travel demand. Check the official annual arrangement and working-weekend notice before booking. Future festival dates do not establish a longer closure period.

Frequently asked questions

How many statutory holiday days does China have?

Mainland China has 13 statutory holiday days: New Year 1; Spring Festival 4 (Lunar New Year eve and lunar days 1-3); Qingming 1; Labour Day 2 (May 1-2); Dragon Boat 1; Mid-Autumn 1; National Day 3 (October 1-3). This is distinct from the annual closure calendar, which also includes weekends and adjusted days off. Hong Kong, Macao, regional ethnic holidays and group-specific half-days are outside this national calendar.

Are long official breaks all statutory days?

No. The annual calendar combines statutory days, normal weekends and adjusted days off.

Are working Saturdays and Sundays holidays?

The shared long-weekend planner assumes a regular weekend and cannot subtract officially adjusted working weekends. Its calculated breaks are illustrative, not the official China work calendar. For 2026, January 4, February 14 and 28, May 9, September 20 and October 10 are WORKING DAYS. In particular, the official New Year break ends January 3, not January 4; the Spring Festival break starts February 15, not February 14. None of these six working dates is stored as a holiday. Calendar/ICS downloads contain only listed holiday or closure dates; they do not encode working-day overrides. PDF sources and page notes explain the adjustments.

What is the status of 2027 and 2028?

Only supported statutory core dates are included. Fixed dates follow current law; lunar and Qingming conversions are provisional. Unknown annual arrangements and working-weekend decisions are omitted.

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