Shanghaiist: China’s 2009 holiday schedule

sueannetay

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:55:38 +0800

Oei vey. Corrected! :)

yu888

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:50:27 +0800

Yes, the 25th IS Sunday. You must be new here in China as the gov gives us days we already have off as part of the "advertised holiday". But seriously the reason they do it is more to address blue collar work around teh nation where factories run 24/7 and if they did not force a closure for the official holidays, there would be grief comiing from all sides. SO weekends are listed. As you can tell by the "return-to-work" days, weekends are NOT off limits to being scheduled for work.

Bumix

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:39:07 +0800

January 25th is a Sunday on my calender!

sueannetay

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:58:36 +0800

Shangers: As I said to Lomsaku, I've corrected that. But it'll be a matter of time before the government magically creates new leap years. :)

sueannetay

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:57:17 +0800

Lomsaku: I've corrected the mistakes. Thanks for pointing it out, must have been on fumes when I wrote that. And yes, it's not some crazy bonanza of holidays when you break it down.

shangers

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:45:28 +0800

When did the State Council pronounce that the leap year would be addressed with April 31, rather than the usual Feb 29? I think the State Council can only regulate and manipulate time zones and people's lives, not the world calender. Yet.

lomsaku

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:14:15 +0800

oh, I get it after reading the article. They are combining the Mid-Autumn Festival with the October holiday to make an 8 day holiday. If they were separated, it would have been a 3 day holiday and a 7 holiday, respectively. I don't know how I feel about this.

lomsaku

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:10:08 +0800

I see a couple of oddities in the holiday schedule. 1) The Dragon Boat festival is May 28-30th, with the official holiday on the 28 (Thurs), the 30 (Sat) as a normal weekend), and the 31 (sun) weekend shifted to the 29 (Fri). What do you mean about this February 29th business? 2) The October holiday is now 8 days! (Kind of, it's still 3 days and we have to sacrifice 5 weekend days to "earn" this extended holiday)