| Public holidays and
special days
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| January
1 |
New
year
|
free
day
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| February |
Spring
festival. This is also known as the Chinese New Year and it starts at
the first day of the old lunar calendar. Officially it lasts three days. |
free
day |
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| March
8 |
International
Working Women's Day
|
free
day
|
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| May
1 |
International
Labor Day |
free
day |
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| May
4 |
Youth
day. This day commemorates the student demonstrations in Beijing on 4
May 1919, when the Versailles Conference decided to give Germany's
"rights" in the city of Tianjin to Japan. |
free
day |
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| June
1 |
International
Children's Day |
free
day |
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| July
1 |
Anniversary
of the founding of the Communist Party of China |
free
day |
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| August
1 |
Anniversary
of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). |
free
day |
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| October
1 |
National
Day. This day commemorates the founding of the People's Republic of
China (PRC, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo)) in 1949. |
free
day |
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People's
Republic of China (PRC)
