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Newsletter: February 2008
China Changes
in National Day Holidays Confirmed
The Chinese Cabinet has confirmed it will change the current weeklong
National Holiday.
Currently, China has three designated weeks of national vacation times; but
under the new system, the weeklong May Day Holiday will be replaced by four
one-day holidays, with May Day, itself, becoming a one-day holiday. In
addition, one-day holidays will be observed for Grave Sweeping Day, Dragon
Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The total number of national
holidays will be increased by one day to a total of 11.
The government has also announced its policy for personal vacations.
Employees of government agencies and state-owned companies, as well as
private companies, are to be given paid vacations, taken on their own
schedule after one year of service. Employees with 1 to 9 years of
service will be entitled to five paid days off, 10 - 19 years will receive
10 paid vacation days and 20 years or longer will get 15 paid vacation days. |
