China Announces Official 2012 National Holiday Schedule

December 6, 2011 Posted by China Briefing Reading Time: 2 minutes

Update (Dec. 2012): China’s recently-released official 2013 national holiday schedule can be viewed by clicking here.

Dec. 6 – China’s General Office of the State Council released the “Circular on Arrangement of Certain Holidays in 2012 (guobanfamingdian [2011] No.45)” today and announced the arrangement of national holidays in 2012 as follows:

New Year

January 1-3 (three days in total)
December 31, 2011 (Saturday) is an official working day

Spring Festival

January 22-28 (seven days in total)
January 21 (Saturday) and January 29 (Sunday) are official working days

Tomb Sweeping Day

April 2-4 (three days in total)
March 31 (Saturday) and April 1 (Sunday) are official working days

Labor Day

April 29 – May 1 (three days in total)
April 28 (Saturday) is an official working day

Dragon Boat Festival

June 22-24 (three days in total)

Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day

September 30 – October 7 (eight days in total)
September 29 (Saturday) is an official working day

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