Holiday Guide for China in 2019

China information

List of National Holidays in China in 2019

	Tuesday January 1st New Year's Day China: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Monday February 4th  Long Weekend!  Chinese New Year Holiday China: Day before 1st day of 1st lunar month
	Tuesday February 5th Chinese New Year China: The Chinese New Year is very similar to the Western one, swathed in traditions and rituals
	Wednesday February 6th Chinese New Year Holiday China: 2nd day of 1st lunar month
	Thursday February 7th Chinese New Year Holiday China: 3rd day of 1st lunar month. Compensated by Saturday 2 February
	Friday February 8th  Long Weekend!  Chinese New Year Holiday China: 4th day of 1st lunar month. Compensated by Sunday 3 February
	Saturday February 9th Chinese New Year Holiday China: 5th day of 1st lunar month
	Sunday February 10th Chinese New Year Holiday China: 6th day of 1st lunar month
	Friday April 5th  Long Weekend!  Ching Ming Festival China: Ching Ming is the Remembrance of Ancestors Day or Grave-Sweeping Day and takes place on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox.
	Wednesday May 1st Labour Day China: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Thursday May 2nd Labour Day Holiday China: Second day of public holidays for Labour Day. Compensated by Sunday April 28th
	Friday May 3rd  Long Weekend!  Labour Day Holiday China: Second day of public holidays for Labour Day. Compensated by Sunday May 5th
	Friday June 7th  Long Weekend!  Dragon Boat Festival China: The Tuen Ng Festival, otherwise known as the Dragon Boat Festival, has been celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon for millennia
	Friday September 13th  Long Weekend!  Mid-Autumn Festival China: The Mid Autumn festival starts on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
	Tuesday October 1st National Day China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1st 1949 with a ceremony at Tian'anmen Square.
	Wednesday October 2nd National Day Holiday China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1st 1949 with a ceremony at Tian'anmen Square.
	Thursday October 3rd National Day Holiday China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1st 1949 with a ceremony at Tian'anmen Square.
	Friday October 4th  Long Weekend!  National Day Holiday China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1st 1949 with a ceremony at Tian'anmen Square.
	Monday October 7th  Long Weekend!  National Day Holiday China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1st 1949 with a ceremony at Tian'anmen Square.

Notes

• The full list of Chinese holidays for the next year is not usually issued by the government until mid December of the current year.
• The National Annual Leave and Memorial Days regulation, enacted in 1949, stipulates the specific days and lengths of national holidays. It has been amended many times.