2018 China public holiday dates announced

It's high time to start planning that vacation

Workers of Beijing, listen up, the (unofficial-but-most-likely-correct) dates for the 2018 public holiday calendar have been doing the rounds on the internet, giving excited holidaymakers even more time to plan that perfect vacay or prep for your parents' impending arrival.

'But how many days do we get?' We hear you ask. Well, it's looking like officially 27. But by the time you take out the weekend days included in the holiday count (ten) and take into account the make-up work days over the weekends (six), we're looking at 11 days off work in total.

While we sit tight and wait for the Government to make the official release, here's the (predicted) list of public holidays for 2018:

New Year's Day 2018: Mon 1 Jan (also including Sat 30-Sun 31 Dec 2017).

Chinese New Year/Spring Festival 2018: Thu 15-Wed 21 Feb, make-up work days: Sun 11 and Sat 24 Feb (as reported by multiple English language media sources).

Tomb Sweeping Festival: Thu 5-Sat 7 Apr, make-up work day: Sun 8 Apr.

Labour Day: Sun 29 Apr-Tue 1 May, make-up work day: Sat 28 Apr.

Dragon Boat Festival: Sat 16-Mon 18 Jun.

Mid-Autumn Festival: Sat 22-Mon 24 Sep.

National Day Holiday: Mon 1-Sun 7 Oct, make-up work day: Sat 29 and Sun 30 September.

The calendar

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