Holidays in China 2028
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 7, 2026
The 2028 China holiday table below lists 26 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 21 fall on a weekday and 5 land on a weekend, leaving 239 working days across the year on the national-only count. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 24 are numbered days of a holiday that lasts more than one day.
2028 public holidays calendar
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Saturday (weekend) | New Year's Day |
| Jan 26 | Wednesday | Spring Festival (day 1)approx. |
| Jan 27 | Thursday | Spring Festival (day 2)approx. |
| Jan 28 | Friday | Spring Festival (day 3)approx. |
| Jan 29 | Saturday (weekend) | Spring Festival (day 4)approx. |
| Jan 30 | Sunday (weekend) | Spring Festival (day 5)approx. |
| Jan 31 | Monday | Spring Festival (day 6)approx. |
| Feb 1 | Tuesday | Spring Festival (day 7)approx. |
| Apr 4 | Tuesday | Qingming Festival (day 1) |
| Apr 5 | Wednesday | Qingming Festival (day 2) |
| Apr 6 | Thursday | Qingming Festival (day 3) |
| May 1 | Monday | Labour Day (day 1) |
| May 2 | Tuesday | Labour Day (day 2) |
| May 3 | Wednesday | Labour Day (day 3) |
| May 4 | Thursday | Labour Day (day 4) |
| May 5 | Friday | Labour Day (day 5) |
| May 29 | Monday | Dragon Boat Festival (day 1)approx. |
| May 30 | Tuesday | Dragon Boat Festival (day 2)approx. |
| May 31 | Wednesday | Dragon Boat Festival (day 3)approx. |
| Oct 1 | Sunday (weekend) | National Day (day 1) |
| Oct 2 | Monday | National Day (day 2) |
| Oct 3 | Tuesday | Mid-Autumn Festivalapprox. |
| Oct 4 | Wednesday | National Day (day 4) |
| Oct 5 | Thursday | National Day (day 5) |
| Oct 6 | Friday | National Day (day 6) |
| Oct 7 | Saturday (weekend) | National Day (day 7) |
approx. Entries tagged are projected, not announced: a lunar or Islamic date this site computed for a year the issuing authority has not yet published, or a holiday block whose days off the authority has not yet set. The announced dates can differ. Confirm against the issuing authority before relying on them for legally binding deadlines.
2028 year summary
Total days
366
Weekend days
106
Public holidays on weekdays
21
Working days
239
The 5 weekend dates in 2028 fall on a Saturday or Sunday, days the count already excludes, so the working-day reduction comes only from the 21 weekday dates. China's holidays come in two layers. The Public Holiday Measures, as revised by State Council Order No. 795 with effect from 1 January 2025, grant thirteen statutory days a year: one for New Year, four for Spring Festival, two for Labour Day, three for National Day, and one each for Qingming, Dragon Boat and Mid-Autumn. Article 7 then allows those days to be arranged into longer breaks by moving rest days. For each of the years 2024 to 2026 the General Office of the State Council issued a notice, approved by the State Council, with that year's arrangement: the days taken off and the Saturdays and Sundays worked in exchange. The longer closures come from each year's notice and are not in the Measures: in this data the Spring Festival block is 8, 8 and 9 days long in 2024, 2025 and 2026 and the National Day block 7, 8 and 7. For 2028 the data names no notice: the dates in this table are this site's own projection, to be checked against the notice once it is issued.
Sources for these rules
- 全国年节及纪念日放假办法（国令第795号，自2025年1月1日起施行）第二条：元旦放假1天，春节放假4天，清明节放假1天，劳动节放假2天，端午节放假1天，中秋节放假1天，国庆节放假3天；第六条规定假日适逢周六、周日应当在工作日补假，第七条规定可合理安排统一放假调休 (国务院 (State Council of the People's Republic of China))
- 国务院办公厅关于2026年部分节假日安排的通知（国办发明电〔2025〕7号）：元旦1月1日至3日放假调休，共3天；春节2月15日至23日放假调休，共9天；清明节4月4日至6日；劳动节5月1日至5日；端午节6月19日至21日；中秋节9月25日至27日；国庆节10月1日至7日放假调休，共7天；1月4日、2月14日、2月28日、5月9日、9月20日、10月10日上班 (国务院办公厅 (General Office of the State Council))
- 国务院办公厅关于2024年部分节假日安排的通知（国办发明电〔2023〕7号，2023年10月25日）：经国务院批准；春节2月10日至17日放假调休，共8天；国庆节10月1日至7日放假调休，共7天 (国务院办公厅 (General Office of the State Council))
- 国务院办公厅关于2025年部分节假日安排的通知（国办发明电〔2024〕12号，2024年11月12日）：除个别特殊情形外，春节自农历除夕起放假调休8天，国庆节自10月1日起放假调休7天；元旦、清明节、端午节、中秋节分别放假调休或连休3天（如逢周三则只在当日放假）；2025年春节1月28日至2月4日放假调休，共8天；国庆节、中秋节10月1日至8日放假调休，共8天 (国务院办公厅 (General Office of the State Council))
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Holidays not included
This set is the mainland list: for 2024 to 2026 the closure dates of the General Office of the State Council's holiday notices, and for a later year this site's own projections. It does not include Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan. The calculator never counts a Saturday or Sunday, so it does not count the weekend days a notice turns into working days (2026: 4 Saturdays and 2 Sundays, 4 January and 20 September). A span that contains one of them comes out one business day short of a calendar that follows the notice.
Sources for these rules
- 国务院办公厅关于2026年部分节假日安排的通知（国办发明电〔2025〕7号）：元旦1月1日至3日放假调休，共3天；春节2月15日至23日放假调休，共9天；清明节4月4日至6日；劳动节5月1日至5日；端午节6月19日至21日；中秋节9月25日至27日；国庆节10月1日至7日放假调休，共7天；1月4日、2月14日、2月28日、5月9日、9月20日、10月10日上班 (国务院办公厅 (General Office of the State Council))
- 国务院办公厅关于2024年部分节假日安排的通知（国办发明电〔2023〕7号，2023年10月25日）：经国务院批准；春节2月10日至17日放假调休，共8天；国庆节10月1日至7日放假调休，共7天 (国务院办公厅 (General Office of the State Council))
- 国务院办公厅关于2025年部分节假日安排的通知（国办发明电〔2024〕12号，2024年11月12日）：除个别特殊情形外，春节自农历除夕起放假调休8天，国庆节自10月1日起放假调休7天；元旦、清明节、端午节、中秋节分别放假调休或连休3天（如逢周三则只在当日放假）；2025年春节1月28日至2月4日放假调休，共8天；国庆节、中秋节10月1日至8日放假调休，共8天 (国务院办公厅 (General Office of the State Council))
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Other years
Sources and verification
Official source: State Council of the People's Republic of China (gov.cn) (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on October 7, 2026.