China public holidays 2026

China’s annual leave arrangement is set by the State Council, often with “make-up workdays” on certain Saturdays or Sundays in exchange for a longer contiguous break around Spring Festival or National Day. A third-party public holiday list will usually list the public holiday *days*; it will not, by itself, show every 调休 (shift) and weekend make-up in a colour-coded year graphic.

Use this AnyCalendar list to see which civil dates the API treats as public holidays in Nager Public Holidays (date.nager.at) for the selected country code for CN in the year you chose. If you need a wall planner that says “this Saturday is a workday because of 调休,” you must add the full State Council calendar for that year on top, from an official or reputable Chinese source, not a foreign summary only.

Cross-border teams should remember that the mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan can differ completely on the same calendar day; this code is the mainland (CN) feed only. Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) and Mid-Autumn timing follow the Chinese lunar calendar mapped to Gregorian dates for that year—do not reuse last year’s civil dates.

Schools, universities, and many factories publish their own break windows that can start earlier or end later than the national holiday names. Retail and delivery during 双十一 or other commerce peaks are unrelated to public-holiday law. For payroll overtime and make-up-day pay questions, rely on your employer’s published work calendar and applicable labour rules—not a summary website alone.