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China Holidays 2026

All public holidays, festivals and observances in China for 2026

Total holidays

37

Public holidays

17

Long weekends

3

Next holiday

Journalists' Day

Sun, Nov 8

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China holidays 2026

Showing 37 of 37 holidays

  • Nov8Sun

    Journalists' Day

    Sunday, November 8, 2026in 3 days

  • Dec22Tue

    December Solstice

    Tuesday, December 22, 2026

  • Dec25Fri

    Christmas Day

    Friday, December 25, 2026

We strive to provide an accurate and up-to-date holiday list for China. However, some holiday dates may change. If you discover any discrepancies, kindly report to us.

Frequently asked questions

How many holidays are there in China in 2026?

There are 17 public holidays and 37 holidays and observances in total in China in 2026. Planning ahead? Check upcoming holidays

How do I add China holidays to my calendar?

Use the Subscribe to calendar link above to add an auto-updating feed to Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, or use Export → Calendar (.ics) to download this year's holidays.

How to retrieve the China holidays list via API?

Make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=CN&year=2026 to retrieve this list. Here is an example using our official package on NPM:

// npm i 11holidays
import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';

const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({
  country: 'CN',
  year: '2026'
});
API Examples
Quick start examples in different programming languages
curl -X GET "https://api.11holidays.com/v1/holidays?country=CN&year=2026" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"