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How many days are there legal holidays in China?
Statutory holidays are the rest time for commemorating and celebrating activities stipulated by national laws and regulations, and also a rest time for workers. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the legal annual leave in China is 7 days. 1999 legal holidays increased to 10 days. In 2007, the National Festival and Memorial Day Ordinance (the State Council Order No.513) designated Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve as legal holidays, and designated China traditional festivals as legal holidays, which is conducive to carrying forward and inheriting China's excellent traditional culture, enhancing the international influence of Chinese culture and enhancing the cultural cohesion of Chinese people around the world. At present, the legal annual leave standard in China is 1 1 day, and all citizens' holidays are determined according to 20 13 Decision of the State Council on Revision (the State Council Decree No.2003). 644). [3]

In legal holidays, if the employer arranges overtime, it is required to pay an extra salary of not less than 300% of the normal working hours of the workers every day or hour. [ 1]

20211KLOC-0/On October 25th, the General Office of the State Council issued the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on the Arrangement of Some Holidays in 2022.

history

1in may, 1995, China began to implement day five.

1September, 999 18, the State Council, China released the National Festival and Memorial Day, and decided to increase public legal holidays. The three legal holidays of Spring Festival, May Day and November Day, plus the two weekends before and after the adjustment, have formed two consecutive seven-day long holidays every year, making the annual legal rest day of Chinese people reach 14 days. The tourism consumption fever caused by each long holiday has gradually become a new bright spot in China's economic life, which is the so-called Golden Week.

In 2004, the National Tourism Administration indicated that the Golden Week holiday system would not change in the short term.

On February 27th, 2004, the president of China Renmin University suggested adding traditional festivals as legal holidays, canceling the Golden Week and strengthening the Spring Festival holiday.

In June 2005, the Central Committee issued a document detailing the importance of adding New Year's Eve, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

On June 22, 2007, the National Development and Reform Commission went to Renmin University to listen to the opinions of increasing traditional festivals in China as legal holidays.

In February 2007, the adjustment of national legal holidays entered the stage of soliciting opinions, and the adjustment of legal holidays was ready to come out. Xinhua News Agency published a long article, deeply analyzing the policy background of Golden Week adjustment.

On June 9, 2007, 165438+ The plan of the national legal holiday adjustment research group was published on the websites of People's Daily Online, Xinhuanet, National Development and Reform Commission, Sina, Sohu, etc., and a public opinion survey was conducted.

Holiday adjustment

According to the published national statutory holiday adjustment plan, the main contents of the adjustment include:

1. The total number of national statutory holidays is 1 1 day;

Second, adjust the national statutory holiday schedule:

New Year's Day holiday 1 day (3 days off);

The Spring Festival holiday lasts for 3 days (7 days, from the first day to the seventh day of the first lunar month); [ 1]

"May 1" International Labor Day holiday is 1 day (5 days off);

"Eleventh" National Day holiday for 3 days (7 days off);

Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are added as national statutory holidays, each 1 day (the first month of the lunar leap month is closed).

Third, it is allowed to move up and down on weekends, which is broken with legal holidays.