Holiday Name | Date | Off Days Schedule | Remarks | |
New Year's Day 元旦 | Jan.1,2013 | 3 days,Jan.1-Jan.3 | Celebration on the beginning of a year based on the Gregorian calendar. | |
Spring Festival 春节 | Feb.9,2013 | 7 days,Feb.9-Feb.15 | There are only seven days for the public holiday, but usually Chinese people celebrates Chinese new year for 15 days. In 2013, it will be celebrated from Feb 9,2013 (Chinese New Year's Eve) to February 24,2013 (Lantern Festival) | |
Lantern Festival 元宵节 | Feb.24,2013 | ,No days off | The Lantern Festival (also known as the Yuanxiao Festival or Shangyuan Festival in China); is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the Chinese calendar, the last day of the lunisolar Chinese New Year celebration. | |
Women's Day 妇女节 | March 8,2013 | ,Half day off for women | Chinese government designated it as a national holiday for women who are rewarded with a half day holiday on Mar. 8th. | |
Arbor Day 植树节 | March 12,2013 | ,No days off | Chinese citizens actively plant trees as their legal obligation. The ecological condition is improved a lot by their efforts. | |
Qingming Festival 清明节 | Apr.4,2013 | 3 days,Apr.4-Apr.6 | It is one of the 24 Chinese solar terms, and also a festival for Chinese people to commemorate the dead. | |
May Day 劳动节 | May 1,2013 | 3 days,Apr.29-May 1 | It is a celebration of the International Labor Day in China. | |
Youth Day 青年节 | May 4,2013 | ,Half day off for the youth over 14 years | Schools usually organize social events for students or sodalities for students communicating with each other on that day. | |
Children's Day 儿童节 | June 1,2013 | ,1 day off for children under 13 years | Every year, when the day comes, the whole nation is full of children's smiling faces, songs and great joy in China.? | |
Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | Jun.12,2013 | 3 days,Jun.10-Jun.12 | It is a traditional festival for dragon boat racing and eating rice-dumplings(zong zi). | |
Anniversary of the Founding of CPC 共产党诞辰 | July 1,2013 | ,No days off | In May, 1938, Chairman Mao suggested that July 1st be the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party to mark the first central committee of the Communist Party of China held in July 1921. | |
Army Day 建军节 | Aug. 1, 2013 | ,Half day off for active duty military personnel | Falling on Aug. 1st, Amy Day is set aside to commemorate the contribution that the PLA has made to China both past and present. | |
Double Seventh Festival 七夕 | Aug. 13, 2013 | ,No days off | The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, It has sometimes been called Chinese Valentine's Day | |
Teacher's Day 教师节 | Sept.10, 2013 | ,No days off | Teachers are praised as the engineers of human spirit. In order to carry forward the fine tradition of respecting teachers and valuing education, the Chinese Government designated that Teachers' Day fall on September 10th every year. | |
Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | Sept.19,2013 | 3 days,Sept.19-Sept.21 | A traditional festival for people to get together with their families, appreciating the full moon and eating delicious mooncakes. | |
National Holiday 国庆节 | Oct.1, 2013 | 7 days,Oct.1-Oct.7 | The cerebration on the founding of new P.R. China. | |
Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | Oct. 23, 2013 | , | In 1989, the Chinese government decided the Double Ninth Festival as Seniors' Day. | |
Journalists' Day | Nov. 8,2013 | ,No days off | Falling on November 8th, Journalists' Day is set up to praise the hard work of journalists. | |