Business Days in January 2025 for China
January 2025 has 18 working days under the Chinese national holiday calendar. January 2025 contains 5 Chinese national holidays on weekdays. The month covers 31 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
18
Calendar Days
31
Weekend Days
8
public holidays
5
Work Weeks
3.6
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 New Year's Day | 2 | 3 | 4 wknd | 5 wknd | ||
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 wknd | 12 wknd |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 wknd | 19 wknd |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 wknd | 26 wknd |
27 | 28 Spring Festival (day 1) | 29 Spring Festival (day 2) | 30 Spring Festival (day 3) | 31 Spring Festival (day 4) |
public holidays in January 2025
China January deadlines
New Year's Day (January 1) closes banks, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, and government offices. The State Taxation Administration (STA) annual corporate income tax filing window is the first five months of the year (May 31 deadline for calendar-year filers). Monthly VAT and corporate income tax instalments are due by the 15th of the following month for most filers. Spring Festival preparations dominate logistics planning in the second half of January.
Day-of-Week Distribution
The count of each weekday in January 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 | 4 |
| Wednesday | 5 |
| Thursday | 5 |
| Friday | 5 |
| 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.
January 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 January 2025.
| Country | Business Days | Holidays this month |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | 21 | New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 22 | New Year's Day |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 22 | New Year's Day |
| 🇦🇺Australia | 21 | New Year's Day, Australia Day (observed) |
| 🇮🇳India | 23 | None |
| 🇵🇭Philippines | 21 | New Year's Day, Chinese New Year |
| 🇫🇷France | 22 | Jour de l'An |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 22 | Neujahrstag |
| 🇯🇵Japan | 21 | New Year's Day, Coming of Age Day |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | 22 | Año Nuevo |
| 🇸🇬Singapore | 20 | New Year's Day, Chinese New Year Day 1, Chinese New Year Day 2 |
How January 2025 compares year over year
January 2024 had 22 working days, so January 2025 has 4 fewer working days year over year. On the surrounding months, December 2024 has 22 working days and February 2025 has 18. Looking forward, January 2026 has 21 working days under the same Chinese national holiday calendar.
Using this calculator in China
A Shanghai treasury operator uses the 18-day January 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.