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China moves its weekends around its holidays. Each year the State Council publishes which days are off and which Saturdays or Sundays become working days (调休). Only some of the days off are statutory holidays (法定节假日), and the difference changes overtime pay. This page sets out both years and does the arithmetic.
Count working days two dates Estimate overtime pay wage and date Estimate annual leave years of work
The calendar and the calculators cover 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026. The State Council's 2027 holiday notice is not published as of 11 October 2026, so nothing here extends into 2027. The calculators give estimates from the national, Guangdong and Shenzhen rules. They assume a Monday-to-Friday week and leave out company rules, collective agreements and individual contracts, which can give more.
The 2025 and 2026 holiday calendar
Each break mixes three kinds of day. Statutory holidays (法定节假日) are the 13 days a year fixed by the national holiday Measures ↗; work on one is paid at least 300% of the daily wage, in addition to normal pay. The other days off in a break are not statutory holidays; where official guidance classes them, they are rest days (休息日), and work on one is paid at least 200% unless time off is given instead. Swapped working days are Saturdays or Sundays that the notice turns into working days (上班).
The 13 statutory days, in force since 1 January 2025:
- New Year's Day: 1 day (1 January)
- Spring Festival: 4 days (Lunar New Year's Eve and days 1 to 3 of the first lunar month)
- Qingming: 1 day (the day of the Qingming solar term)
- Labour Day: 2 days (1 and 2 May)
- Dragon Boat Festival: 1 day (lunar Duanwu day)
- Mid-Autumn Festival: 1 day (lunar Mid-Autumn day)
- National Day: 3 days (1 to 3 October)
When one of these falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the Measures require a substitute day off on a working day. Measures on National Annual Holidays and Commemoration Days, as amended by State Council Decree 795 ↗
2026
7 breaks · 33 days off · 13 statutory holidays · 6 swapped working days · 248 working days on a Monday-to-Friday count
Set by the State Council General Office notice on the 2026 holidays (Guo Ban Fa Ming Dian [2025] No. 7) ↗, published 4 November 2025, for 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026. Checked
New Year's Day 元旦
Thu 1 Jan – Sat 3 Jan · 3 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Thu 1 Jan
- Other days off
- Fri 2 Jan, Sat 3 Jan Classed as rest days (休息日) for pay in one official 2026 source: Guangzhou government portal: 2026 New Year overtime pay ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- Sun 4 Jan
Spring Festival 春节
Sun 15 Feb – Mon 23 Feb · 9 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Mon 16 Feb, Tue 17 Feb, Wed 18 Feb, Thu 19 Feb
- Other days off
- Sun 15 Feb, Fri 20 Feb, Sat 21 Feb, Sun 22 Feb, Mon 23 Feb Classed as rest days (休息日) for pay in official 2026 guidance: Nanjing government: overtime pay over the 2026 Spring Festival ↗ Wuhan government portal: 2026 holiday overtime pay ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- Sat 14 Feb, Sat 28 Feb
Qingming Festival 清明节
Sat 4 Apr – Mon 6 Apr · 3 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Sun 5 Apr
- Other days off
- Sat 4 Apr, Mon 6 Apr Classed as rest days (休息日) for pay in one official 2026 source: Guangzhou government portal: 2026 Qingming overtime pay ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- None
Sun 5 Apr is a statutory day on a weekend, so the Measures require a substitute day off on a working day: here Mon 6 Apr, classed with the rest days above.
Labour Day 劳动节
Fri 1 May – Tue 5 May · 5 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Fri 1 May, Sat 2 May
- Other days off
- Sun 3 May, Mon 4 May, Tue 5 May Mon 4 May, Tue 5 May: no official 2026 text was found that classes these days for pay. Earlier official guides from other cities treated such days as rest days; the estimator follows that reading as an inference, not a rule: Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2023 Mid-Autumn and National Day overtime pay ↗ Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2025 holiday overtime table ↗ Nanjing government: overtime pay over the 2026 Spring Festival ↗ Guangzhou government portal: 2026 Qingming overtime pay ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- Sat 9 May
Sat 2 May is a statutory day on a weekend, so the Measures require a substitute day off on a working day; the notice does not say which day of the break it is.
Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
Fri 19 Jun – Sun 21 Jun · 3 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Fri 19 Jun
- Other days off
- Sat 20 Jun, Sun 21 Jun The usual weekend.
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- None
Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
Fri 25 Sep – Sun 27 Sep · 3 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Fri 25 Sep
- Other days off
- Sat 26 Sep, Sun 27 Sep The usual weekend.
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- None
National Day 国庆节
Thu 1 Oct – Wed 7 Oct · 7 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Thu 1 Oct, Fri 2 Oct, Sat 3 Oct
- Other days off
- Sun 4 Oct, Mon 5 Oct, Tue 6 Oct, Wed 7 Oct Mon 5 Oct, Tue 6 Oct, Wed 7 Oct: no official 2026 text was found that classes these days for pay. Earlier official guides from other cities treated such days as rest days; the estimator follows that reading as an inference, not a rule: Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2023 Mid-Autumn and National Day overtime pay ↗ Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2025 holiday overtime table ↗ Nanjing government: overtime pay over the 2026 Spring Festival ↗ Guangzhou government portal: 2026 Qingming overtime pay ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- Sun 20 Sep, Sat 10 Oct
Sat 3 Oct is a statutory day on a weekend, so the Measures require a substitute day off on a working day; the notice does not say which day of the break it is.
Lunar dates for 2026 (Spring Festival, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn) match the gov.cn calendar of the 2026 holidays ↗.
2025
6 breaks · 28 days off · 13 statutory holidays · 5 swapped working days · 248 working days on a Monday-to-Friday count
Set by the State Council General Office notice on the 2025 holidays (Guo Ban Fa Ming Dian [2024] No. 12) ↗, published 12 November 2024, for 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Checked
New Year's Day 元旦
Wed 1 Jan · 1 day off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Wed 1 Jan
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- None
Spring Festival 春节
Tue 28 Jan – Tue 4 Feb · 8 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Tue 28 Jan, Wed 29 Jan, Thu 30 Jan, Fri 31 Jan
- Other days off
- Sat 1 Feb, Sun 2 Feb, Mon 3 Feb, Tue 4 Feb Mon 3 Feb, Tue 4 Feb: classed as rest days in 2025 guidance from the Fuzhou bureau in Fujian, outside Guangdong (one source); this page cites no national, Guangdong or Shenzhen text that classes these days: Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2025 holiday overtime table ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- Sun 26 Jan, Sat 8 Feb
Qingming Festival 清明节
Fri 4 Apr – Sun 6 Apr · 3 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Fri 4 Apr
- Other days off
- Sat 5 Apr, Sun 6 Apr The usual weekend.
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- None
Labour Day 劳动节
Thu 1 May – Mon 5 May · 5 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Thu 1 May, Fri 2 May
- Other days off
- Sat 3 May, Sun 4 May, Mon 5 May Mon 5 May: classed as a rest day in 2025 guidance from the Fuzhou bureau in Fujian, outside Guangdong (one source); this page cites no national, Guangdong or Shenzhen text that classes this day: Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2025 holiday overtime table ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- Sun 27 Apr
Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
Sat 31 May – Mon 2 Jun · 3 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Sat 31 May
- Other days off
- Sun 1 Jun, Mon 2 Jun Mon 2 Jun: classed as a rest day in 2025 guidance from the Fuzhou bureau in Fujian, outside Guangdong (one source); this page cites no national, Guangdong or Shenzhen text that classes this day: Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2025 holiday overtime table ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- None
Sat 31 May is a statutory day on a weekend, so the Measures require a substitute day off on a working day: here Mon 2 Jun, classed with the rest days above.
National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival 国庆节、中秋节
Wed 1 Oct – Wed 8 Oct · 8 days off
- Statutory holidays (法定节假日)
- Wed 1 Oct, Thu 2 Oct, Fri 3 Oct, Mon 6 Oct
- Other days off
- Sat 4 Oct, Sun 5 Oct, Tue 7 Oct, Wed 8 Oct Tue 7 Oct, Wed 8 Oct: classed as rest days in 2025 guidance from the Fuzhou bureau in Fujian, outside Guangdong (one source); this page cites no national, Guangdong or Shenzhen text that classes these days: Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2025 National Day and Mid-Autumn overtime pay ↗
- Swapped working days (调休上班)
- Sun 28 Sep, Sat 11 Oct
As of 11 October 2026 the State Council has not issued its 2027 holiday notice; the gov.cn list of recent policies still shows the 2026 notice as the latest. Past notices appeared between 25 October and 8 December of the year before; those are past dates, not a forecast. Until the notice appears, 2027 days off and swapped working days cannot be counted, so this tool stops at 31 December 2026. gov.cn latest policies list ↗
Smaller holidays
Not counted by the counter: half-day and group holidays.
- Women's Day (8 March): a half day off for women
- Youth Day (4 May): a half day off for young people aged 14 and over
- Children's Day (1 June): 1 day off for children under 14
- Army Day (1 August): a half day off for active-duty military personnel
Employees who work as normal on these days are paid their wages but no overtime pay; if one falls on a Saturday or Sunday there is no substitute day, and rest-day pay is due if work is arranged. In 2026, 8 March is a Sunday, 4 May falls inside the Labour Day break and 1 August is a Saturday. Shenzhen HRSS: pay on partial-citizen holidays ↗ Measures on National Annual Holidays and Commemoration Days, as amended by State Council Decree 795 ↗
No Guangdong or Shenzhen document was found that adds to or changes the national calendar; the national Measures leave local governments only ethnic-minority festivals in minority areas. That search was not exhaustive. Measures on National Annual Holidays and Commemoration Days, as amended by State Council Decree 795 ↗
Count working days between two dates
Both dates are included. A working day is a Monday to Friday outside the holiday breaks, plus each swapped Saturday or Sunday. Dates must fall between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2026.
The count assumes a Monday-to-Friday week. Employers may set other weekly rest days, and no official text says how the swapped working days apply to them or to shift workers. State Council Regulation on Working Hours of Employees (Decree 146), Shenzhen HRSS copy ↗
For comparison, the official annual figure of 248 working days comes from a fixed formula (365 days − 104 rest days − 13 statutory holidays) used for every year, not from counting the calendar. MOHRSS notice on average monthly working time and wage conversion (Ren She Bu Fa [2025] No. 2) ↗
Estimate overtime pay
Enter the monthly wage for normal working hours in your contract. The estimator turns it into a daily wage (÷ 21.75) and an hourly wage (÷ 21.75 ÷ 8), as the 2025 national conversion notice sets, and applies the rate for the date you pick. MOHRSS notice on average monthly working time and wage conversion (Ren She Bu Fa [2025] No. 2) ↗
On a working day, enter only the hours beyond the normal 8-hour day. On a rest day or a statutory holiday, enter all the hours worked.
The rules the estimator applies
- Working day, hours beyond the normal day: at least 150% of the hourly wage. Labour Law of the People's Republic of China ↗ Shenzhen Regulation on the Payment of Employee Wages (text as amended 5 December 2025) ↗
- Rest day: at least 200%, or time off in lieu instead. Labour Law of the People's Republic of China ↗
- Statutory holiday: at least 300% of the daily or hourly wage, paid in addition to the normal pay for the holiday. Time off cannot replace it, and no official text states a combined total. MOHRSS General Office notice on implementing the amended holiday Measures (Ren She Ting Han [2025] No. 1) ↗ Shenzhen HRSS: does statutory-holiday overtime pay include normal pay? ↗
- Swapped working day: no official text addresses its rate. The notice only calls it a working day (上班); the estimator applies the working-day rule, which is an inference. State Council General Office notice on the 2026 holidays (Guo Ban Fa Ming Dian [2025] No. 7) ↗
- Comprehensive hours (综合计算工时): hours above the standard over the whole averaging period count as extended hours, at least 150%. In Shenzhen, work on a statutory holiday is paid at least 300%. Provisional Provisions on Wage Payment (Lao Bu Fa [1994] No. 489) ↗ Shenzhen HRSS: holiday pay under comprehensive hours ↗
- Non-fixed hours (不定时): the national overtime rates do not apply. Shenzhen still requires at least 300% for work on a statutory holiday. Provisional Provisions on Wage Payment (Lao Bu Fa [1994] No. 489) ↗ Shenzhen HRSS: holiday pay under non-fixed hours ↗
- Base: in Shenzhen, the normal working-time wage agreed in the contract, never below the Shenzhen minimum wage in force on the date: ¥2,360 until 28 February 2025; ¥2,520 from 1 March 2025 to 31 August 2026; ¥2,700 from 1 September 2026. No text read sets a ceiling, or says whether bonuses or meal and transport subsidies belong in the base. Shenzhen SEZ Regulation on Promoting Harmonious Labour Relations, Art. 23 ↗ Shenzhen HRSS notice setting the minimum wage from 1 January 2022 (Shen Ren She Gui [2021] No. 8) ↗ Shenzhen HRSS notice adjusting the minimum wage from 1 March 2025 ↗ Shenzhen HRSS notice adjusting the minimum wage from 1 September 2026 ↗
- Limits: extended hours are generally 1 hour a day, at most 3 for special reasons, and no more than 36 a month; the emergencies the Labour Law lists are exempt. Labour Law of the People's Republic of China ↗
- Rounding: no official rule; this estimator rounds only the final amount to the fen.
Estimate statutory annual leave
Paid annual leave starts after 12 months or more of continuous work, with the same or different employers. The days depend on cumulative working years: 5 days from 1 year, 10 from 10 years, 15 from 20 years. Statutory holidays and rest days inside the leave are not counted as leave days. Regulation on Paid Annual Leave for Employees (State Council Decree 514) ↗ Shenzhen HRSS: what 12 months of continuous work means ↗
The rules the estimator applies
- New joiner who already has 12 months of continuous work: (remaining calendar days with the employer in the year ÷ 365) × full entitlement; part of a day is not granted. Implementing Measures on Paid Annual Leave for Enterprise Employees (MOHRSS Decree 1) ↗
- Leaving: (calendar days already passed with the employer ÷ 365) × full entitlement − leave already taken; part of a day is not paid, and leave taken beyond that is not clawed back. Implementing Measures on Paid Annual Leave for Enterprise Employees (MOHRSS Decree 1) ↗
- The divisor is 365 even in a leap year. Counting both the first and the last day follows published Shenzhen arbitration awards; no official text sets it, nor whether the part-day cut comes before or after subtracting leave taken, so with half days taken the result is a range. Shenzhen arbitration award, 2023 cases 9535 and 12050 (a new joiner’s leave) ↗ Shenzhen arbitration award, 2022 case 8372 (leave of an employee who left) ↗
- The year in which 12 months of continuous work are first completed: no rule sets that year’s leave. If you enter the date the 12 months were completed, the estimator counts from that day, as a published Shenzhen award did; without it, it counts from 1 January. Shenzhen arbitration award, 2023 case 9922 (leave in the year 12 months of continuous work were completed) ↗ Implementing Measures on Paid Annual Leave for Enterprise Employees (MOHRSS Decree 1) ↗
- No leave for the year: winter or summer vacation longer than the entitlement; 20 or more days of personal leave with no pay deducted; cumulative sick leave of 2 months or more (1 to under 10 years), 3 months or more (10 to under 20) or 4 months or more (20 and over). Regulation on Paid Annual Leave for Employees (State Council Decree 514) ↗
- Untaken leave the employee agreed to: 300% of the daily wage per day, which includes the normal pay already received for working that day, so 200% on top. Daily wage = average monthly wage over the 12 months before payment, excluding overtime, ÷ 21.75. If the employee declines leave in writing for personal reasons, only normal pay is due. Implementing Measures on Paid Annual Leave for Enterprise Employees (MOHRSS Decree 1) ↗
- A contract, collective agreement or company rules that give more days or more pay prevail over these minimums. Implementing Measures on Paid Annual Leave for Enterprise Employees (MOHRSS Decree 1) ↗
Where these numbers come from
Every date, rate and amount on this page comes from the official pages below. Pages from Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Fuzhou are other cities’ official guidance, used only to class days that no national, Guangdong or Shenzhen text cited here classes. The three Shenzhen arbitration awards are published decisions, cited as evidence of practice, not as rules.
- State Council General Office notice on the 2026 holidays (Guo Ban Fa Ming Dian [2025] No. 7) ↗ 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）
- State Council General Office notice on the 2025 holidays (Guo Ban Fa Ming Dian [2024] No. 12) ↗ 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）
- Measures on National Annual Holidays and Commemoration Days, as amended by State Council Decree 795 ↗ 国务院关于修改《全国年节及纪念日放假办法》的决定（国令第795号）及修订后的《全国年节及纪念日放假办法》
- gov.cn calendar of the 2026 holidays, with lunar dates ↗ 图解：国务院办公厅关于2026年部分节假日安排的通知
- MOHRSS notice on average monthly working time and wage conversion (Ren She Bu Fa [2025] No. 2) ↗ 人力资源社会保障部关于职工全年月平均工作时间和工资折算问题的通知（人社部发〔2025〕2号）
- MOHRSS General Office notice on implementing the amended holiday Measures (Ren She Ting Han [2025] No. 1) ↗ 人力资源社会保障部办公厅关于做好《国务院关于修改〈全国年节及纪念日放假办法〉的决定》贯彻实施工作的通知（人社厅函〔2025〕1号）
- Labour Law of the People's Republic of China ↗ 中华人民共和国劳动法
- Provisional Provisions on Wage Payment (Lao Bu Fa [1994] No. 489) ↗ 工资支付暂行规定
- State Council Regulation on Working Hours of Employees (Decree 146), Shenzhen HRSS copy ↗ 国务院关于职工工作时间的规定
- Shenzhen Regulation on the Payment of Employee Wages (text as amended 5 December 2025) ↗ 深圳市员工工资支付条例
- Shenzhen SEZ Regulation on Promoting Harmonious Labour Relations, Art. 23 ↗ 深圳经济特区和谐劳动关系促进条例
- Shenzhen HRSS: does statutory-holiday overtime pay include normal pay? ↗ 法定休假节日工作的加班工资，是否包含正常工作时间工资？
- Shenzhen HRSS: holiday pay under comprehensive hours ↗ 安排实行综合计算工时工作制的员工在法定休假节日工作的，如何支付加班费？
- Shenzhen HRSS: holiday pay under non-fixed hours ↗ 安排实行不定时工作制的员工在法定休假节日工作的，如何支付加班费？
- Shenzhen HRSS notice adjusting the minimum wage from 1 September 2026 ↗ 深圳市人力资源和社会保障局关于调整我市最低工资标准的通知（附解读）
- Shenzhen HRSS notice adjusting the minimum wage from 1 March 2025 ↗ 深圳市人力资源和社会保障局关于调整我市最低工资标准的通知（附解读）
- Shenzhen HRSS notice setting the minimum wage from 1 January 2022 (Shen Ren She Gui [2021] No. 8) ↗ 深圳市人力资源和社会保障局关于调整本市最低工资标准的通知（深人社规〔2021〕8号）
- Regulation on Paid Annual Leave for Employees (State Council Decree 514) ↗ 职工带薪年休假条例
- Implementing Measures on Paid Annual Leave for Enterprise Employees (MOHRSS Decree 1) ↗ 企业职工带薪年休假实施办法
- Shenzhen HRSS: what 12 months of continuous work means ↗ 《企业职工带薪年休假实施办法》第三条中的“职工连续工作满12个月以上”，怎么理解？
- Shenzhen arbitration award, 2023 case 9922 (leave in the year 12 months of continuous work were completed) ↗ 公开裁决书101-深劳人仲案【2023】9922号
- Shenzhen arbitration award, 2023 cases 9535 and 12050 (a new joiner’s leave) ↗ 公开裁决书113-深劳人仲案【2023】9535、12050号
- Shenzhen arbitration award, 2022 case 8372 (leave of an employee who left) ↗ 公开裁决书111-深劳人仲案【2022】8372号
- Shenzhen HRSS: pay on partial-citizen holidays ↗ 妇女节放假期间，工资怎么发放？
- Nanjing government: overtime pay over the 2026 Spring Festival ↗ 2026年春节放假期间的加班工资如何计算？
- Wuhan government portal: 2026 holiday overtime pay ↗ 注意了！你的工资或将多一笔钱
- Guangzhou government portal: 2026 New Year overtime pay ↗ 事关工资！你的收入可能有变化→
- Guangzhou government portal: 2026 Qingming overtime pay ↗ 清明放假3天，这笔钱能省了！
- Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2025 holiday overtime table ↗ 一表看懂，2025年这些日子上班发3倍工资
- Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2025 National Day and Mid-Autumn overtime pay ↗ 国庆中秋放假调休8天，加班工资这样算
- Fuzhou HRSS (Fujian): 2023 Mid-Autumn and National Day overtime pay ↗ 【人社微课堂】中秋国庆加班工资如何支付？
- gov.cn latest policies list ↗ 最新政策
What is not published
These points have no official answer in the texts read on 11 October 2026. Where an estimator relies on one of them, its result names the assumption it uses.
- The 2027 holiday notice, and so any 2027 day off or swapped working day.
- How the non-statutory days off of the 2026 Labour Day and National Day breaks are classed for pay, including the substitute days for the statutory days that fell on a Saturday.
- The pay rate for work on a swapped working day.
- A combined total for statutory-holiday work; the texts say only that at least the holiday rate is paid in addition.
- Who decides that time off in lieu cannot be arranged, whether it must be hour for hour, and by when it must be taken.
- How the swapped working days apply to employers whose weekly rest days are not Saturday and Sunday, or to shift workers.
- Rounding of daily and hourly wages, and whether bonuses or meal and transport subsidies are part of the overtime base.
- Leave in the year when 12 months of continuous work are first completed, and leave when cumulative service passes 10 or 20 years part-way through a year.
- How months of sick leave are measured for the exclusions, and whether work outside mainland China counts toward cumulative working years.