2012 Chinese Holiday Calendar
Posted in Working in Beijing on 12/02/2011 04:33 am by Claudine | Viewed 491 times
2011 is about to end and if you’re like me who likes to plan ahead on where to go for the next year, read further on next year’s list of Chinese holidays.
-
New Year: January 1 to January 3 (Sunday to Tuesday). Work on December 31 (Saturday).
-
Chinese New Year: January 22 to 28 (Sunday to Saturday). Work on January 21 (Saturday) and January 29 (Sunday).
-
Tomb Sweeping Day: April 2 to 4 (Monday to Wednesday). Work on March 31 (Saturday) and April 1 (Sunday)
-
Labor Day: April 29 to May 1 (Sunday to Tuesday). Work on April 28 (Saturday)
-
Dragon Boat Festival: June 22 to 24 (Friday to Sunday)
-
Mid-Autumn Festival: September 30 (Sunday).
-
National Day: October 1 to 7 (Monday to Sunday). Work on September 29 (Saturday).
That’s it! Hope you can plan the year ahead. I’m pretty sure I won’t be going anywhere for National Day as my brother and sister in law will be coming. As for the other holidays, I still don’t know. I might not opt to travel much as I think I overdid it this year. Happy Holidays!
