China Public Holidays 2026
China has 15 national public holidays in 2026, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and ending with National Day on 3 October 2026. One well placed day of leave buys 4 days away from work in 2026, because one holiday sits exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Dayๅ ๆฆ | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Spring Festivalๆฅ่ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Spring Festivalๆฅ่ | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Spring Festivalๆฅ่ | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| International Women's Dayๅฝ้ ๅฆๅฅณ่ | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Qingming Festivalๆธ ๆ่ ๆธ ๆ็ฏ | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Labour Dayๅณๅจ่ | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Youth Day้ๅนด่ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Children's Dayๅ ญไธๅฟ็ซฅ่ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Dragon Boat Festival็ซฏๅ่ | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Army Dayๅปบๅ่ | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Mid-Autumn Festivalไธญ็ง่ | Friday | Public holiday | |
| National Dayๅฝๅบ่ | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| National Dayๅฝๅบ่ | Friday | Public holiday | |
| National Dayๅฝๅบ่ | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2026 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The newest check behind a China entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for China.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
The busiest stretch is February (3 holidays), a good window to plan around if you rely on offices, banks or schools being open. Four of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. Below you will find the full 2026 list for China, sorted by date, with the weekday marked for quick planning. Only nationwide public holidays are included here, which keeps the China calendar clean and comparable.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does China have in 2026?
China has 15 national public holidays in 2026. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and the last is National Day on 3 October 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in China?
The first public holiday of 2026 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in China in 2026?
In 2026, New Year's Day in China is on 1 January 2026.
Are regional holidays included for China?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of China are listed separately on the China holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the China holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Six of the 15 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (lunisolar calendar), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include Spring Festival on 16 February 2026, Spring Festival on 17 February 2026 and Spring Festival on 18 February 2026, plus 3 more.
How far ahead is the China calendar actually fixed?
Through 2026. The General Office of the State Council publishes the holiday arrangement for the following year in early November, including which weekends are worked to bridge the golden weeks, so anything past that is computed from the rules in force rather than read off an official list. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for China.
Which China holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2026. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The China holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare China with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for China
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the China public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the China 2026 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend and how many working days the year leaves. The 2026 worldwide overview compares every country on holiday count and weekend overlap, and the country index ranks all 44 of them. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.