China has released its 2025 Public Holiday schedule. Compared to 2024, the number of public holidays for all citizens has increased by two days, specifically for Lunar New Year’s Eve and May 2nd. There are currently seven official public holidays in China. All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to www.gov.cn. Without written authorization from www.gov.cn, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Here is the holiday calendar for 2025. New Year's Day holiday: Jan 1. Spring Festival holiday: Jan 28 to Feb 4 (Make-up work days: Jan 26, Feb 8) Tomb Sweeping Day holiday: April 4 to 6. May Day holiday: May 1 to 5 (Make-up work day: April 27) Dragon Boat Festival holiday: May 31 to June 2. When is Chinese New Year 2025/2026? - January 29 for 2025, February 17 for 2026. The Chinese New Year of 2025 falls on January 29th (Wednesday), and will last to February 2nd. It is the Year of Snake. As an official public holiday, Chinese people can get eight days' off from work, from January 28th to February 4th. This page contains a national calendar of all 2025 public holidays. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates. Visit gov.cn for the original release. The State Council also provides public holidays for specific social groups: Mission China is scheduled to be closed on the following dates in observance of the 2025 official American and Chinese holidays: Please note that this schedule is subject to change if the Chinese government makes any adjustments to calendar year 2025 legally recognized Chinese holidays. Discover the dates, duration, and regional celebrations of 2025 Chinese public holidays, including New Year's, Spring Festival, and more. China has seven legal holidays in a year, including New Year's Day, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Qingming Festival (Tomb-sweeping Day), May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and National Day. Chinese people enjoy 13 days off in total for these official holidays. The official annual public holidays schedule for 2025 in China. On 12 November, the Chinese State Council announced and published the official for the annual holiday calendar. The calendar shown in the table below is the official calendar for the year 2025. In China, there are seven official holidays in a year, namely New Year’s Day, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day. Summary; The Chinese New Year marks the start of the lunar new year, which occurs sometime between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. Also known as the Spring Festival, it is considered one of China’s most important celebrations, with each year being named after one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Festival Date Official Holidays 2025 / 2026 / 2027 days off; Women's Day: Mar. 8: half day for women: half day of Mar. 8: Youth Day: May 4: half day for youth above 14 years old The other 7-day holiday is the Spring Festival of Chinese New Year. Chinese employees who work on the national holidays can have double-time pay. They might have triple pay on the day of the festival. 2025 is the 4722nd Chinese year. The 2025 Chinese New Year Day is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. 2025 is the year of Green Snake. Summary; The Chinese New Year marks the start of the lunar new year, which occurs sometime between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. Also known as the Spring Festival, it is considered one of China’s most important celebrations, with each year being named after one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. FOR THE YEAR 2025 WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 9492 dated 24 July 2007 amended Section 26, Chapter 7, Book I of Executive Order (EO) No. 292, also known as the Administrative Code of 1987, by declaring certain days (specific or movable) as special or regular holidays; WHEREAS, on 29 January 2025, Chinese nationals all over the world will Chinese New Year in Myanmar. In July 2024, Myanmar announced that Chinese New Year will be included as a public holiday in the 2025 calendar. Myanmar has decided to designate Chinese New Year as a public holiday in the calendar, in a similar move to other ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member countries, in order to strengthen its "Paukphaw" (fraternal) friendship with China. MANILA, Philippines — The official list of holidays and non-working days for 2025 has been released. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has issued Proclamation No. 727 declaring the regular holidays Calendar for 2025 – Calendar with holidays for this year; Calendar for 2026; Calendar Generator – Create a calendar for any year; Printable Calendar – PDF calendars for printing; Related Links. Moon Phase Calendar – Calculate moon phases for any year; Duration Between Two Dates – Calculates number of days Summary; The Chinese New Year marks the start of the lunar new year, which occurs sometime between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. Also known as the Spring Festival, it is considered one of China’s most important celebrations, with each year being named after one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 727 DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS FOR THE YEAR 2025 WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 9492 dated 24 July 2007 amended Section 26, Chapter 7, Book I of Executive Order (EO) No. 292, also known as the Administrative Code of 1987, by declaring certain days (specific or movable) as special or regular holidays;
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