State Council sets 2027 holidays: Spring Festival Feb 5–13 (9 days); National Day 7 days; Labour Day 5; New Year/Qingming 3 each; Dragon Boat/Mid-Autumn 1 each. | China Day chinaday.news
Xinhua's authorized release about 17:23 on 5 November carried the State Council General Office notice on partial public holidays for 2027, approved by the State Council. New Year's Day is 1–3 January (3 days); Spring Festival runs 5–13 February (Lunar New Year's Eve through the eighth day of the first lunar month), 9 days with make-up work on Sundays 31 January and 14 February; Qingming 3–5 April (3 days); Labour Day 1–5 May (5 days) with make-up on 8 May; Dragon Boat Festival 9 June (1 day); Mid-Autumn Festival 15 September (1 day); National Day 1–7 October (7 days) with make-up on 26 September and 9 October. The notice encourages combining paid annual leave for longer breaks and staggered travel, and calls for holiday duty and safety arrangements. People's Daily Online carried the full text; CCTV News via Chinanews noted relatively few make-up days in 2027 and that the nine-day Spring Festival matches 2026 among the longest in recent years. The authorized text landed about 17:23; the 18:00 patrol prioritized the market close, so the close slot logs it.
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