Here's the official Chinese public holiday for 2020

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Grab your calendar and get to planning for those vacations now

As the year's ending and our last few festivities draw near, there's a whole new year to look forward to. For those who already can't wait to start planning for vacations next year, you can start now as the official 2020 holiday calendar has been released.

First, we get the New Year's Day holiday on Wednesday 1 January, followed closely by Spring Festival, which lasts for seven days from Friday 24 January to Thursday 30 January. However, the catch is Sunday 19 January and Saturday 1 February will be make-up working days (yikes).

Then, we have Qingming Festival from Saturday 4 April to Monday 6 April, and a five-day-long Labour Day weekend from Friday 1 May to Tuesday 5 May. In June, there will be a three-day Dragon Boat Festival break from Thursday 25 to Saturday 27.

Followed by three months of normal working days, we can look forward to a whopping eight-day Golden Week, which runs from Thursday 1 October to Thursday 8 October, thanks to the fact that National Day will coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival. Though you know it, more holidays mean more make-up days, which will fall on Sunday 27 September and Saturday 10 October. 

Aside from those, Public Holidays highlights a few other holidays, such as Women's Day on Sunday 8 March, where females can enjoy working for half a day; a Youth Day holiday on Monday 4 May, where those between 14 to 28 years old get half a day off; Children's Day on Monday 1 June, where kids under 14 get half a day off and Army Day on Saturday 1 August for soldiers to enjoy half a day off.

So, pencil these dates into your calendar, and start planning your vacation before tickets start to sell out.

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