New Year’s Day | Jan 1 (Wed) | 1 day | Celebrates the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. |
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) | Jan 29 (Wed) – Feb 4 (Tue) | 7 days | The most important traditional holiday in China; marks the Lunar New Year. |
Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day) | Apr 4 (Fri) | 1 day | A day to honor ancestors by cleaning graves and making offerings. |
Labor Day | May 1 (Thu) – May 5 (Mon) | 5 days | Celebrates workers and labor achievements. |
Dragon Boat Festival | May 31 (Sat) | 1 day | Commemorates the poet Qu Yuan with dragon boat races and rice dumplings. |
Mid-Autumn Festival | Oct 6 (Mon) | 1 day | A harvest festival focused on family reunions and mooncakes. |
National Day | Oct 1 (Wed) – Oct 7 (Tue) | 7 days | Celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. |