2010 China public holiday schedule was announced last week. There will be in total 11 public holidays excluding Saturday and Sunday in 2010, same as last year. And there are two 7-day long holidays: Chinese New Year and National Day. Chinese New Year starts from western holiday Valentine’s Day Feb. 14 2010 which will be a great opportunity for merchandising.
2010 is a special year for the city of Shanghai as 2008 for Beijing. A world-wide event the World Expo will be held in the city. And differ from Beijing Olympic Games, Shanghai World Expo 2010 will last 6 months, from May 1 to late October. And the government estimates that over 70 million visitors will attend this event. It is a giant party for travel industry.
So, welcome to China, welcome to Shanghai.
Here is the public holiday schedule for 2010. For detail explanation of each holiday, check out our older post of public holiday of 2008 & 2009.
2010 public holiday China
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2009 China Public Holidays 
Quote: WSJ on US Participation in 2010 Expo 
I LOVE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS!!!
You’re a bit late: December 8th: http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2009/12/08/china%e2%80%99s-releases-2010-national-holiday-schedule.html
Only A Couple Weeks left Till Valentines! Happy Holidays and thanks for the post!
I miss the calendar overview you used for 2008 and 2009! …just a list does not give the same kind of nice overview…