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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for China, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing

29
Observances
8
Subdivisions
2
Exchanges
1
Calendar system

Includes subnational coverage · 8 subdivisions covered.

The next public holiday in China is

Mid-Autumn Festival

In 33 days · expected; set by announcement

10:37 local time in China Weekend Last: Dragon Boat holiday (3-day block), 21 June 2026 · 63 days ago · expected; set by announcement

Computed · local time Asia/Shanghai

Work with China’s calendar

China public holidays in 2026

33 national closures in 2026, of 29 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
1 January 2026New Year's Day expectedVerified
2 January 2026New Year holiday (3-day block) expectedVerified
3 January 2026New Year holiday (3-day block) expectedVerified
15 February 2026Spring Festival holiday (9-day block) expectedVerified
16 February 2026Lunar New Year's Eve expectedCompiled
17 February 2026Spring Festival expectedCompiled
18 February 2026Spring Festival Day 2 expectedCompiled
19 February 2026Spring Festival Day 3 expectedCompiled
20 February 2026Spring Festival holiday (9-day block) expectedVerified
21 February 2026Spring Festival holiday (9-day block) expectedVerified
22 February 2026Spring Festival holiday (9-day block) expectedVerified
23 February 2026Spring Festival holiday (9-day block) expectedVerified
4 April 2026Qingming holiday (3-day block) expectedVerified
5 April 2026Qingming Festival expectedCompiled
6 April 2026Qingming holiday (3-day block) expectedVerified
1 May 2026Labour Day expectedVerified
2 May 2026Labour Day 2 expectedVerified
3 May 2026Labour Day holiday (5-day block) expectedVerified
4 May 2026Labour Day holiday (5-day block) expectedVerified
5 May 2026Labour Day holiday (5-day block) expectedVerified
19 June 2026Dragon Boat Festival expectedCompiled
20 June 2026Dragon Boat holiday (3-day block) expectedVerified
21 June 2026Dragon Boat holiday (3-day block) expectedVerified
25 September 2026Mid-Autumn Festival expectedCompiled
26 September 2026Mid-Autumn holiday (3-day block) expectedVerified
27 September 2026Mid-Autumn holiday (3-day block) expectedVerified
1 October 2026National Day expectedVerified
2 October 2026National Day 2 expectedVerified
3 October 2026National Day 3 expectedVerified
4 October 2026National Day holiday (7-day block) expectedVerified
5 October 2026National Day holiday (7-day block) expectedVerified
6 October 2026National Day holiday (7-day block) expectedVerified
7 October 2026National Day holiday (7-day block) expectedVerified

The shape of China’s year

Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.

JFMAMJJASOND1 January — New Year's Day2 January — New Year holiday (3-day block)3 January — New Year holiday (3-day block)4 January5 January6 January7 January8 January9 January10 January11 January12 January13 January14 January15 January16 January17 January18 January19 January20 January21 January22 January23 January24 January25 January26 January27 January28 January29 January30 January31 January1 February2 February3 February4 February5 February6 February7 February8 February9 February10 February11 February12 February13 February14 February15 February — Spring Festival holiday (9-day block)16 February — Lunar New Year's Eve17 February — Spring Festival18 February — Spring Festival Day 219 February — Spring Festival Day 320 February — Spring Festival holiday (9-day block)21 February — Spring Festival holiday (9-day block)22 February — Spring Festival holiday (9-day block)23 February — Spring Festival holiday (9-day block)24 February25 February26 February27 February28 February1 March2 March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 March13 March14 March15 March16 March17 March18 March19 March20 March21 March22 March23 March24 March25 March26 March27 March28 March29 March30 March31 March1 April2 April3 April4 April — Qingming holiday (3-day block)5 April — Qingming Festival6 April — Qingming holiday (3-day block)7 April8 April9 April10 April11 April12 April13 April14 April15 April16 April17 April18 April19 April20 April21 April22 April23 April24 April25 April26 April27 April28 April29 April30 April1 May — Labour Day2 May — Labour Day 23 May — Labour Day holiday (5-day block)4 May — Labour Day holiday (5-day block)5 May — Labour Day holiday (5-day block)6 May7 May8 May9 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24 May25 May26 May27 May28 May29 May30 May31 May1 June2 June3 June4 June5 June6 June7 June8 June9 June10 June11 June12 June13 June14 June15 June16 June17 June18 June19 June — Dragon Boat Festival20 June — Dragon Boat holiday (3-day block)21 June — Dragon Boat holiday (3-day block)22 June23 June24 June25 June26 June27 June28 June29 June30 June1 July2 July3 July4 July5 July6 July7 July8 July9 July10 July11 July12 July13 July14 July15 July16 July17 July18 July19 July20 July21 July22 July23 July24 July25 July26 July27 July28 July29 July30 July31 July1 August2 August3 August4 August5 August6 August7 August8 August9 August10 August11 August12 August13 August14 August15 August16 August17 August18 August19 August20 August21 August22 August23 August24 August25 August26 August27 August28 August29 August30 August31 August1 September2 September3 September4 September5 September6 September7 September8 September9 September10 September11 September12 September13 September14 September15 September16 September17 September18 September19 September20 September21 September22 September23 September24 September25 September — Mid-Autumn Festival26 September — Mid-Autumn holiday (3-day block)27 September — Mid-Autumn holiday (3-day block)28 September29 September30 September1 October — National Day2 October — National Day 23 October — National Day 34 October — National Day holiday (7-day block)5 October — National Day holiday (7-day block)6 October — National Day holiday (7-day block)7 October — National Day holiday (7-day block)8 October9 October10 October11 October12 October13 October14 October15 October16 October17 October18 October19 October20 October21 October22 October23 October24 October25 October26 October27 October28 October29 October30 October31 October1 November2 November3 November4 November5 November6 November7 November8 November9 November10 November11 November12 November13 November14 November15 November16 November17 November18 November19 November20 November21 November22 November23 November24 November25 November26 November27 November28 November29 November30 November1 December2 December3 December4 December5 December6 December7 December8 December9 December10 December11 December12 December13 December14 December15 December16 December17 December18 December19 December20 December21 December22 December23 December24 December25 December26 December27 December28 December29 December30 December31 December

33 closuresevery other day

Long weekends in China, 2026

7 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
1 Jan – 4 Jan4 daysNew Year's Day, New Year holiday (3-day block)no leave needed
14 Feb – 23 Feb10 daysSpring Festival holiday (9-day block), Lunar New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, Spring Festival Day 2, Spring Festival Day 3no leave needed
4 Apr – 6 Apr3 daysQingming holiday (3-day block), Qingming Festivalno leave needed
1 May – 5 May5 daysLabour Day, Labour Day 2, Labour Day holiday (5-day block)no leave needed
19 Jun – 21 Jun3 daysDragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat holiday (3-day block)no leave needed
25 Sep – 27 Sep3 daysMid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn holiday (3-day block)no leave needed
1 Oct – 7 Oct7 daysNational Day, National Day 2, National Day 3, National Day holiday (7-day block)no leave needed

Working weekends in China, 2026

6 weekend days that the government has declared a working day, to pay for a longer holiday block elsewhere in the year. Offices are open; these are not weekends.

DateDayWhyEvidence
4 JanuarySundayWorking Sunday (makes up a holiday block)Verified
14 FebruarySaturdayWorking Saturday (makes up a holiday block)Verified
28 FebruarySaturdayWorking Saturday (makes up a holiday block)Verified
9 MaySaturdayWorking Saturday (makes up a holiday block)Verified
20 SeptemberSundayWorking Sunday (makes up a holiday block)Verified
10 OctoberSaturdayWorking Saturday (makes up a holiday block)Verified

Next in each subdivision

4 subdivisions of China keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.

SubdivisionNextObservance
Nei Mongol Zizhiqu11 July 2027Naadam Day 1
Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu10 March 2027Eid al-Fitr expected
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu10 March 2027Eid al-Fitr expected
Xizang Zizhiqu26 February 2028Tibetan New Year

How we know this

Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for China, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.

9/14 layers held for China
Layer Records How we know Last checked Notes
Statutory closures2621 verified · 5 compiled2026-08-03
Religious observances76 verified · 1 compiled2026-08-03
Optional and restricted days33 verified2026-08-03
Substitution and in-lieu rules2924 verified · 5 compiled2026-08-03
School terms and breaks16——4 calendars
Subdivisions with their own dates8——
Exchanges2——XSHE (54), XSHG (54)
Tax and filing deadlines6——
Announcements50——

Not held for China: Statutory weekly rest, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, Elections. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.

6 named documents, issued by 6 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Government Office Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Government Office Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Government Office internal python-holidays maintainers 中华人民共和国国务院

From the Bulletin

What the corpus turned up about China — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.

Correction · Machinery · 22 August 2026 Nine minutes from midnight in Beijing The Chinese calendar was being approximated with an average month length. It works until a leap month, and then a hundred and twenty-five dates across twenty-five jurisdictions are wrong, one of them in the wrong year. Correction · Silence · 22 August 2026 We did not know where the weekend is A country page drew a Saturday–Sunday weekend for Saudi Arabia — on the page a reader visits to learn that Saudi Arabia rests on Friday and Saturday. The assumption was not in that chart. It was underneath everything. Correction · Divergence · 22 August 2026 One full moon, three answers Mid-Autumn is a single full moon and our records resolved it to three different dates. One of the three was legitimate. Finding the other two needed no external source at all — a corpus contradicting itself is evidence on its own. Correction · Machinery · 22 August 2026 Where is an equinox? The March 2027 equinox falls on 20 March in London and 21 March in Tokyo. It is the same instant. We computed it correctly and then dated it in the wrong place, and so does most software that touches this.

How China keeps time

Observances29 across the national calendar and 5 subdivisions
Evidence24 verified · 0 corroborated · 5 compiled, from 3 named sources
LanguagesEnglish, Chinese, zh-Latn
Calendar systemsgregorian
ExchangesXSHE, XSHG
Last reviewed2026-08-03

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Mixed sourcing

24 of 29 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 3 named sources, and every row says which.

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