Business Days in January 2029 for China

public holidays in January 2029

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 2029. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.

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 2029 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 2029.

How January 2029 compares year over year

January 2028 had 17 working days, so January 2029 has 5 more working days year over year. On the surrounding months, December 2028 has 21 working days and February 2029 has 15. Looking forward, January 2030 has 23 working days under the same Chinese national holiday calendar.

Using this calculator in China

A Shanghai treasury operator uses the 22-day January 2029 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.