China public holidays 2026

The year's first holiday is New Year's Day on Thursday 1 January; the last is National Day on Saturday 3 October. Today's status and a countdown to the next holiday are on the China holidays page. Other years: 2027.

Make-up working days in 2026

These weekend days are normal working days under the State Council's arrangement, to make up for the extra weekdays off around the holidays.

• Sunday 4 January working day
• Saturday 14 February working day
• Saturday 28 February working day
• Saturday 9 May working day
• Sunday 20 September working day
• Saturday 10 October working day

Long weekends in 2026

• 3 days: Thursday 1 January – Saturday 3 January (New Year's Day, Day off (worked on Sunday 4 January instead))
• 9 days: Sunday 15 February – Monday 23 February (Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Day off (worked on Saturday 14 February instead), Day off (worked on Saturday 28 February instead))
• 3 days: Saturday 4 April – Monday 6 April (Tomb-Sweeping Day)
• 5 days: Friday 1 May – Tuesday 5 May (Labor Day, Day off (worked on Saturday 9 May instead))
• 3 days: Friday 19 June – Sunday 21 June (Dragon Boat Festival)
• 3 days: Friday 25 September – Sunday 27 September (Mid-Autumn Festival)
• 7 days: Thursday 1 October – Wednesday 7 October (National Day, Day off (worked on Sunday 20 September instead), Day off (worked on Saturday 10 October instead))

Bridge days

No single working day in 2026 bridges a national holiday and a weekend.

Counted with Saturday and Sunday as the weekend and only the national holidays listed here; regional holidays can make more breaks.

For reference only — governments can add, move or cancel holidays at short notice. Confirm with the official source: State Council notice on the 2026 holiday arrangement (Beijing government repost). Data: the open-source holidays library (MIT), spot-checked against official 2026 calendars.