Public holidays and compensatory working days in China 2024

published on 27 December 2023 | approx. reading time 1 minute

As is the case at the end of every year, China‘s State Council has recently announced the dates of public holidays for 2024. As some public holidays are based on the lunar calendar, the public holiday will vary from year to year.

here are seven official holidays in China. These are New Year, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Moon Festival and National Day. Traditionally, and again in 2024, the Spring Festival and National Day holidays are extended to a week of consecutive public holidays.

Particularly in the case of longer public holiday periods, preceding and/or following weekend days may be working days. These working days serve to compensate for some of the consecutive public holidays. In principle, companies are also free to make these compensatory working days non-working days.

Below is the official public holiday calendar and compensatory working days 2024:

Holiday	Date	Duration	Compensatory working days
New Year	30.12.2023 – 1.1.2024	three days	–
Spring Festival	10.2. – 17.2.2024	eight days	4.2. & 18.2.2024
Qingming-Festival	4.4. – 6.4.2024	three days	7.4.2024
Labor Day	1.5. – 5.5.2024	five days	28.4. & 11.5.2024
Dragon Boat Festival	8.6. – 10.6.2024	three days	–
Moon Festival	15.9. – 17.9.2024	three days	14.9.2024
National Day	1.10. – 7.10.2023	seven days	29.9. & 12.10.2024