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Official Public Holidays in China 2010, 2011, 2012
China, formally known as the People's Republic of China, is a massive country in Eastern Asia and with the world's largest population.With coasts on the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, it borders Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to the South; Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to the West; Russia and Mongolia to the North and North Korea to the East.
Capital - Beijing (formally English name: Peking), consists of two central walled cities, the Outer City (containing the commercial quarter) and the Inner City, which contains the Imperial City, within which is the Purple or Forbidden City; three universities.
Government - Communist state, Currency - Renminbi (yuan) (RMB, ВҐ, CNY). This year - Tiger year, 2011. Population - 1,331,460,000 people (2009).
The gross domestic product (GNP) of China in 2006 was estimated at about 20% that of the USA. It ranks as the 4-th largest economy behind the US, Japan, and Germany. Human Development Index 2007/2008 for China is 0.777, which gives the country a rank of 81-th out of 177 countries with data. from Statistics of the Human Development Report
"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone - UTC +8.
| Traditional Chinese Observances: |
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| Lantern Festival - February, 2011 |
| Zhonghe Festival - February - March, 2011 |
| Arbor Day - 12 March, 2011 |
| Youth Day - 4 May, 2011 |
| Children's Day - 1 June, 2011 |
| CPC Founding Day - 1 July, 2011 |
| Maritime Day - 11 July, 2011 |
| Army Day - 1 August, 2011 |
| Double Seven Festival - August, 2011 |
| Spirit Festival - August-September, 2011 |
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| Holiday | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| New Year's Day | January 1 (Fri) | January 1 (Sat) | January 1 (Sun) |
| New Year's weekend | January 2-3 (Sat-Sun) | January 2-3 (Sun-Mon) | January 2-3 (Mon-Tue) |
| Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | February 13-19 (Sat-Fri) | February 2-8 (Wed-Tue) | January 22-28 (Sun-Sat) |
| Chinese New Year | February 14 (Sun) | February 3 (Thu) | January 23 (Mon) |
Women's Day
1/2 day for working women (every year) | March 8 (Mon) | March 8 (Tue) | March 8 (Thu) |
| Qing Ming Jie (Tomb-Sweeping Day) | April 5 (Mon) | April 5 (Tue) | April 4 (Wed) |
| Labor Day/ May Day | May 1 (Sat) | May 1 (Sun) | May 1 (Tue) |
Dragon Boat Festival
(Tuen Ng Festival) | June 16 (Wed) | June 6 (Mon) | June 23 (Sat) |
| Mid-Autumn Festival | September 22 (Wed) | September 12 (Mon) | September 30 (Sun) |
| National Day | October 1 (Fri) | October 1 (Sat) | October 1 (Mon) |
| National Day Golden Week holiday | October 2-7 (Sat-Thu) | October 2-7 (Sun-Fri) | October 2-7 (Tue-Sun) |
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