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Asked by Rebecca Davis from England | Nov. 01, 2013 16:37
About:National Holidays in China

I am looking at spending 20 days in China and was wondering how many days May Day covers in 2014?

I assume is is on Thursday 1st of may so would people in China usually take this week off as holiday. I am hoping to visit Emel Shan and Yangshuo but dont want to go if there will be more people visiting than usual. many thanks becky

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Answered by Becky from England | Nov. 01, 2013 16:45
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Think I just found my answer: May 1 is a statutory holiday in the People's Republic of China. Prior to 2008, it was a three-day holiday, but is now just the one day. However, it is usually supplemented by two other days to give the appearance of a three-day holiday, but not being statutory holidays the extra days have to be 'made up' by working either the preceding or following weekend.

For example, in 2013, May 1 falls on the Wednesday. Most workplaces, including all government offices, will take Monday 29 April, Tuesday 30 April and Wednesday May 1 off. As the first two days are not statutory holidays they have to be 'made up' by working the preceding weekend (27 and 28 April).

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