China public holidays 2026
China has 6 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 255 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
元旦 |
Nationwide |
| 17 Feb | Tuesday | Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
春节 |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
劳动节 |
Nationwide |
| 19 Jun | Friday | Dragon Boat Festival
端午节 |
Nationwide |
| 25 Sep | Friday | Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节 |
Nationwide |
| 1 Oct | Thursday | National Day
国庆节 |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 1 holiday
March
April
May 1 holiday
June 1 holiday
July
August
September 1 holiday
October 1 holiday
November
December
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 6 | 255 | 2,040 |
What the numbers say about China in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in China. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and February the shortest with 19. A gap of 4 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 62 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 6, China sits below the middle of the range, around the 7th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 3 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 3 days, from 1 May to 3 May (Labour Day). There are also 3 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.