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Chinese Bank Holidays for 2008, 2009
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. Government - Communist state, Currency - Renminbi (yuan) (RMB, ¥, CNY). This year - Pig year, 2009 - Rat, 2010 - Ox, 2011 - Tiger. Population - 1,321,851,888 people (07'2007). from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
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.
State power within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the Communist Party of China, the state, and the People's Liberation Army. The primary organs of state power are the National People's Congress (NPC), the President (Hu Jintao, Communist Party of China), and the State Council.
"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone - UTC +8.
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.
The "big four" state-owned commercial banks are the Bank of China, the China Construction Bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Agricultural Bank of China.
| Holiday | 2008 | 2009 |
| New Year's Day | January 1 (Tue) | January 1 (Thu) |
| New Year's weekend | January 2-3 (Wed-Thu) | January 2-3 (Fri-Sat) |
| Spring Festival Golden Week holiday | February 6-12 (Wed-Tue) | January 25-31 (Sun-Sat) |
| Chinese New Year/Têt Eve | February 7 (Thu) | January 26 (Tue) |
Women's Day 1/2 day for working women (every year) | March 8 (Sat) | March 8 (Sun) |
| Qing Ming Jie (Tomb-Sweeping Day) | April 4 (Fri) | April 5 (Sun) |
| Labor Day/ May Day | May 1 (Thu) | May 1 (Fri) |
| Working Day | May 4 | – |
Dragon Boat Festival (Tuen Ng Festival) | June 8 (Sun) carrying on 9 | May 28 (Thu) |
| Mid-Autumn Festival | September 14 (Sun) carrying on 15 | October 3 (Sat) |
| Bank Holiday** | September 29 (Mon) | – |
| National Day | October 1 (Wed) | October 1 (Thu) |
| National Day Golden Week holiday | October 2-7 (Thu-Tue) | October 2-7 (Fri-Wed) |
* - may be changed to the nearest day
** - the date changes according to the year
Traditional Chinese Observances
| Lantern Festival | 21 February 2008 | 9 February 2009 |
| Zhonghe Festival | 9 March 2008 | 26 February 2009 |
| Arbor Day | 12 March 2008 | 12 March 2009 |
| Youth Day | 4 May 2008 | 4 May 2009 |
| Children's Day | 1 June 2008 | 1 June 2009 |
| CPC Founding Day | 1 July 2008 | 1 July 2009 |
| Maritime Day | 11 July 2008 | 11 July 2009 |
| Army Day | 1 August 2008 | 1 August 2009 |
| Double Seven Festival | 7 August 2008 | 26 August 2009 |
| Spirit Festival | 15 August 2008 | 3 September 2009 |
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