Non-working public holidays in China for 2023

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On December 9, 2022, the State Council of the General Office of the State Council on the Arrangement of Public Holidays announced the official schedule of public holidays in China for 2023.
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By tradition, the holiday schedule includes two major week-long holidays (often called "Golden Week"): the Spring Festival (also known as Chinese New Year) and National Day.
According to the Chinese calendar, the New Year begins on the 22nd. January 2023. On that day, the Year of the Rabbit, or rather the Water Rabbit, begins.

Year of the Rabbit

In 2023, the Spring Festival is celebrated between January 21 and 27, and National Day falls between September 29 and October 6, while the Mid-Autumn Festival also takes place in the same period.

It is known that Saturdays and Sundays are often marked as additional official working days in China to compensate for long holiday non-working days.

For example, in 2023, Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29 are designated as official working days to partially compensate for the seven days off for the Spring Festival, and Saturday, October 7 and Sunday, 8 October, are designated as official working days to make up for the non-working days for the statehood day.

Private companies in China, however, have the right to set their own schedules - that is, to allow additional days off - but while respecting the official holiday calendar.
Since hardly anyone in China works for the 7 days after the New Year holidays so we will not be working during the period of Chinese New Year from 21.01. until February 6, 2023.

Official schedule of public holidays and non-working days in China for 2023

New Year(New Year's Day): Non-working days will be from 31.2022. until 2.2023
Spring Festival(Spring Festival): From January 21 to 27 there will be a total of 7 free days. January 28 (Saturday), January 29 (Sunday) are working days.
Grave Cleaning Day(Ching Ming Festival): April 5th is a non-working day.
Labor Day: From April 29 to May 3 there will be a total of 5 days off. April 23 (Sunday) and May 6 (Saturday) are working days.
Dragon Boat Festival: The holiday will be from June 22 to 24, a total of 3 days. June 25 (Sunday) is a working day.
Combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day: from September 29 to October 6, a total of 8 non-working days days. October 7 (Saturday) and October 8 (Sunday) are working days.

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