2009-2010 China Public Holidays
2010 China Holiday
Holidays When Days off 2010 New Year's Day January 1 of every year Jan 1-3, 2010 Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) New Year's Day of the lunar calendar, normally in late January or early February February 13,14-19, 2010 Women's Day March 8 of every year no days off Arbor Day March 12 of every year no days off Qingming Festival April 4 or April 5 April 3 - 5, 2010 May Day May 1 May 1 - 3, 2010 Youth Day May 4th Half day of May 4th for 14 years old above Capital Mandarin School
5th Anniversary CelebrationMay 8th no days off International Nurse Day May 12 no days off Children's Day June 1 no days off Dragon Boat Festival 5th day of the 5th lunar month June 16 - 18, 2010 Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party July 1 no days off Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army August 1 half day of August 1st for active army Teacher's Day September 10 no days off Mid-autumn Festival 15th day of the 8th lunar month September 22 - 24, 2010 National Day October 1 October 1 -7, 2010 Journalists' Day November 8 no days off -
2009 China public holidays
Key holidays (including both public holidays and “off” days) in the above image:
New Year - Jan 1-3
Chinese New Year(Spring Festival) - Jan 25-31
Qingming Holiday - Apr 4-6
Labor’s Day - May 1-3
Duanwu Holiday - May 28-30
National Day - Oct 1-8
Public holidays in 2009 are “concentrated” into 3 months: Jan, May and Oct. There are two public holidays in each of these months. 2009 Chinese New Year (Spring festival) comes early on Jan 26 (年初一) and it is the Year of Ox. We have a special new year greeting mixing English with Chinese: Happy Niu (牛) Year this time as Ox (牛) is pronounced the same as “New” in Chinese. 