Business Days in April 2025 for China
April 2025 has 21 working days under the Chinese national holiday calendar. April 2025 contains one Chinese national holiday on a weekday. The month covers 30 calendar days, of which 8 are Saturday and Sunday. That count drives invoice cycles, payroll runs, and any contract that defines deadlines as a number of working days in China.
working days
21
Calendar Days
30
Weekend Days
8
public holidays
1
Work Weeks
4.2
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Qingming Festival (day 1) | 5 Qingming Festival (day 2) | 6 Qingming Festival (day 3) | |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 wknd | 13 wknd |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 wknd | 20 wknd |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 wknd | 27 wknd |
28 | 29 | 30 |
public holidays in April 2025
China April deadlines
Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day) runs 3 days in early April (April 4-6 typically) closing banks and exchanges. Monthly VAT and CIT for March are due April 15. The annual IIT reconciliation accelerates. Q1 ends March 31, with listed-entity Q1 reports due April 30. Manufacturing PMI publication and the Boao Forum economic gathering anchor the macro narrative.
Day-of-Week Distribution
The count of each weekday in April 2025. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.
| Day | Count |
|---|---|
| Monday | 4 |
| Tuesday | 5 |
| Wednesday | 5 |
| Thursday | 4 |
| Friday | 4 |
| Saturday | 4 |
| Sunday | 4 |
China reporting cycles and business-day rules
Chinese business-day cycles align with STA (State Taxation Administration) monthly VAT and corporate income tax deposits due by the 15th of the following month for most regimes, plus annual corporate income tax returns due May 31 for calendar-year filers and the annual Individual Income Tax (IIT) reconciliation from March 1 to June 30. The PBoC operates CNAPS as the high-value RTGS system on bank business days; CIPS handles cross-border RMB settlement. Spring Festival and National Day Golden Weeks each close banks and exchanges for 7-8 days, with State Council-gazetted make-up working Saturdays surrounding each holiday. SAFE (State Administration of Foreign Exchange) governs capital-account flows and approval windows.
April 2025 working days compared by country
Working-day counts vary across countries because each country observes its own public holidays. The table below puts China alongside the other ten supported holiday calendars for April 2025.
| Country | Business Days | Holidays this month |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | 22 | None |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 20 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 20 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| 🇦🇺Australia | 19 | Good Friday, Easter Monday, ANZAC Day |
| 🇮🇳India | 19 | Mahavir Jayanti, Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti, Good Friday |
| 🇵🇭Philippines | 19 | Araw ng Kagitingan, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday |
| 🇫🇷France | 21 | Lundi de Pâques |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 20 | Karfreitag, Ostermontag |
| 🇯🇵Japan | 21 | Showa Day |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | 22 | None |
| 🇸🇬Singapore | 21 | Good Friday |
How April 2025 compares year over year
April 2024 had 20 working days, so April 2025 has 1 more working day year over year. On the surrounding months, March 2025 has 21 working days and May 2025 has 19. Looking forward, April 2026 has 21 working days under the same Chinese national holiday calendar.
Using this calculator in China
A Shanghai treasury operator uses the 21-day April 2025 count to align PBoC CNAPS (China National Advanced Payment System) RTGS settlement with STA (State Taxation Administration) monthly VAT cutoffs on the 15th. A Shenzhen tech-park controller uses business-day math to track Shanghai/Shenzhen Stock Exchange listed-entity quarterly disclosures and the Spring Festival and National Day Golden Week closures. A Beijing trade-services firm uses working-day counts to align SAFE (State Administration of Foreign Exchange) capital-flow reporting with cross-border RMB settlement via CIPS.
For informational purposes only
This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.