China Holidays in 2024
List of public holidays in China 2024 calendar
| Date | Day | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st January | Monday | New Year's Day | National holiday |
| 4th February | Sunday | Special Working Day | Working day on weekend |
| 9th February | Friday | Spring Festival Eve | Observance |
| 10th February | Saturday | Lunar New Year | National holiday |
| 11th February | Sunday | Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 12th February | Monday | Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 13th February | Tuesday | Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 14th February | Wednesday | Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 15th February | Thursday | Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 16th February | Friday | Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 17th February | Saturday | Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 18th February | Sunday | Special Working Day | Working day on weekend |
| 24th February | Saturday | Lantern Festival | Observance |
| 8th March | Friday | International Women's Day | Half day holiday |
| 11th March | Monday | Zhonghe Festival | Observance |
| 12th March | Tuesday | Arbor Day | Observance |
| 20th March | Wednesday | March Equinox | Season |
| 4th April | Thursday | Qing Ming Jie | National holiday |
| 5th April | Friday | Qing Ming Jie holiday | National holiday |
| 6th April | Saturday | Qing Ming Jie holiday | National holiday |
| 7th April | Sunday | Special Working Day | Working day on weekend |
| 28th April | Sunday | Special Working Day | Working day on weekend |
| 1st May | Wednesday | Labour Day | National holiday |
| 2nd May | Thursday | Labour Day Holiday | National holiday |
| 3rd May | Friday | Labour Day Holiday | National holiday |
| 4th May | Saturday | Labour Day Holiday | National holiday |
| 4th May | Saturday | Youth Day | Half day holiday |
| 5th May | Sunday | Labour Day Holiday | National holiday |
| 11th May | Saturday | Special Working Day | Working day on weekend |
| 1st June | Saturday | Children's Day | Other Observance |
| 10th June | Monday | Dragon Boat Festival | National holiday |
| 21st June | Friday | June Solstice | Season |
| 1st July | Monday | CPC Founding Day | Other Observance |
| 11th July | Thursday | Maritime Day | Other Observance |
| 1st August | Thursday | Army Day | Other Observance |
| 10th August | Saturday | Chinese Valentine's Day | Observance |
| 18th August | Sunday | Spirit Festival | Observance |
| 10th September | Tuesday | Teachers' Day | Observance |
| 14th September | Saturday | Special Working Day | Working day on weekend |
| 15th September | Sunday | Mid-Autumn Festival holiday | National holiday |
| 16th September | Monday | Mid-Autumn Festival holiday | National holiday |
| 17th September | Tuesday | Mid-Autumn Festival | National holiday |
| 22nd September | Sunday | September Equinox | Season |
| 29th September | Sunday | Special Working Day | Working day on weekend |
| 1st October | Tuesday | National Day | National holiday |
| 2nd October | Wednesday | National Day Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 3rd October | Thursday | National Day Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 4th October | Friday | National Day Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 5th October | Saturday | National Day Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 6th October | Sunday | National Day Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 7th October | Monday | National Day Golden Week holiday | National holiday |
| 11th October | Friday | Double Ninth Festival | Observance |
| 12th October | Saturday | Special Working Day | Working day on weekend |
| 8th November | Friday | Journalists' Day | Other Observance |
| 21st December | Saturday | December Solstice | Season |
| 25th December | Wednesday | Christmas Day | Observance |
We strive to provide an accurate and up-to-date holiday's list for China. however, please note that some holidays dates may change. If you discover any discrepancies, kindly report to us.
Note: Some holidays are color-coded based on the types of holidays. For example -
- Public Holidays
- Local Holidays
- Other Holidays
Frequently Asked Questions
How many holidays in China this year in 2024?
There are 28 holidays in China in 2024
How to retrieve the China holidays list via API?
Simply make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=CN&year=2024 API to retrieve this list of China holidays. Here is an example using Node.js and our official package on NPM.
// Install the 11holidays package from NPM
// npm i 11holidays
import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';
const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({ country: 'CN', year: '2024'});
console.log(holidays);