Table 2

Statistics of statutory holidays in China

Holiday typeNumber of days/dSpecific time in the Gregorian calendarTaking working days off or notNumber of days after taking working days off/d
New Year’s Day1January 1Yes3
Spring Festival3Variable (Chinese New Year’s Eve, the first and second days of the first lunar month; or the first, second and third days of the first lunar month)Yes7
Tomb-Sweeping Day1April 4 or 5 (the day of the solar term Qingming on lunar calendar)Yes3
May Day1May 1Yes3
Dragon Boat Festival1Variable (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)Yes3
Mid-Autumn Festival1Variable (the 15th day of the 8th lunar month)Yes3
National Day3October 1 – October 3Yes7

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