CCTV 1 News Broadcast announced public holiday schedule (Chinese version here) for 2009 today. Many CNReviews visitors find the 2008 version very helpful. Here is the 2009 version.
2009-china-public-holidays
- New Year – Jan 1-3
- Chinese New Year – Jan 25-31
- Qingming Holiday – Apr 4-6
- Labor’s Day – May 1-3
- Duanwu Holiday – May 28-30
- National Day – Oct 1-8
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Happy Labor Day! I remember I stayed at home (Shanghai) for 7 days watching all the Desperate Housewives episodes last year. LOL. It is not that I don’t...
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I love the new public holiday calendar started in 2008 which we have a few more 3-day long weekends. June 8 2008 is the first time we will celebrate Duanwu Festival...
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Yet bemoaning the onslaught of Western culture is only one part of the story. To get an idea of what other impressions of Christmas were out there, I asked several Chinese friends what they thought of Christmas, and their answers were all quite varied and interesting.
China Public Holidays 2008 : Plan Your Trip to/in China 
Chinese Elitist: Only tone deaf foreigners would pronounce “niu” like “new!” *rage on*
* New Year – Jan 1-3
* Chinese New Year – Jan 25-31
* Qingming Holiday – Apr 4-6
* Labor’s Day – May 1-3
* Duanwu Holiday – May 28-30
* National Day – Oct 1-8
This is the correct one.
one mistake: Jan 24 should also be workday.
Oops… Thank you Lily! The table is updated.
I am writing a book and would like to include your site as a reference for public holidays for 2009 and beyond. Will you be doing this every year? If so, is their a specific link or category visitors should be directed? If not, I will link from my website.
Brian
Why do you think Sunday 11 October is a working day? From my reading of the Chinese source article it doesn’t mention any change so that should be a normal weekend rest day.
Hey Martin, you are right. The table is updated. Thank you for the correction.
i think either oct 11 or sept 26 needs to be working day otherwise the compensation system doesnt add up. i cant read the chinese article so can you confirm if this is correct or not
Was really strange for me to see ‘duanwu holiday’. -wry- I’ve always known it as the Dragon Boat Festival..
Anyway, reading that article is really strange. ._. The calendar is right, as far as I see…it says working days are 10th Oct and 27th Sep.
Happy Niu (牛) Year this time as Ox (牛) is pronounced the same as “New” in Chinese. I hear this saying for the first time , it’s very intereting.
So exactly which is the correct set of 2009 PH for China?
I hate how Saturdays and Sundays are used as holidays and how Saturdays and Sundays are used as ‘make-up’ days. It feels like a punishment for having a holiday on a weekday when someone has to go to work on a weekend day! Stupid!
i hate it too bert! sometimes i end up with more work because of the holiday!
also, as for “niu”, no it deosn’t sound much like “new”, but nonetheless there are lots of signs round here in guangdong shouting “Happy 牛 Year!” i think it’s close enough.
Very useful guide thanks..I like Happy Niu year comment as well.