Here's the official Chinese public holiday for 2023

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Grab your calendar and get to planning for those vacations now

As restrictions on our movement are loosening across the Middle Kingdom, here's more prospects of freedom to travel and a whole new year to look forward to. For those who already can't wait to plan their next vacay or staycay, you can start now as the official 2023 holiday calendar has been released by the State Council.

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New Year’s Day holiday (three days)

Saturday 31 Dec to Monday 2 January

Spring Festival (seven days)

Saturday 21 to Friday 27 January (two make-up working days: Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January)

Tomb Sweeping Festival (one day)

Wednesday 5 April

Labour Day (five days)

Saturday 29 April to Wednesday 3 May (two make-up working days: Sunday 23 April and Saturday 6 May)

Dragon Boat Festival (three days)

Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 June (one make-up working day: Sunday 25 June)

Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (eight days) 

Friday 29 September to Friday 6 October (two make-up working days: Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 October)

Perhaps no big changes there, except for the Tomb Sweeping Festival holiday which falls on Wednesday this year, meaning a single day off in the middle of the work week. We're also getting another whopping eight-day Golden Week thanks to National Day coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although you know it, more holidays mean more mafa of the make-up days.

So, pencil these dates into your calendar, and start planning your vacation before ticket prices start to hike up.

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