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Chinese Statutory Festivals

Chinese statutory festivals and memorial days can be roughly divided into three types: the first type is those when all the citizens are entitled to a holiday, including New Year’s Day (one-day holiday), Spring Festival (three-day holiday), Labor Day (three-day holiday), and the National Day (three-day holiday); the second type is those when a part of all the citizens can enjoy the holiday, including Women’s Day (half-day holiday only for women), Youth Day (half-day holiday only for the young people above 14 years old), Children’s Day (one-day holiday for those below 13 years old), and Army’s Day (half-day holiday for active army-men); the third type of statutory Day for the establishment of the China Communist Party, July 7th Memorial Day for the beginning of the anti-Japanese War, September 3rd Memorial Day for the victory of anti-Japanese War, Tree-Planting Day, Teachers’ Day, Nurses’ Day, and Journalists’ Day, and etc.

New Year's Day	March 8th Women's Day	Tree-Planting Day
May 1st International Labor Day	May 4th Youth Day	June 1st International Children's Day
August 1st Army's Day	Teacher's Day	National Day