Holiday Notice: National Day of China

Friday, October 1st

The National Day marks the start of one of the two Golden Weeks in the Peoples Republic of China.

Friday October 1st is a statutory holiday, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd are statutory holidays, but fall at the weekend, so Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th are given in lieu. Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th are holiday; working schedules are transferred to Sunday September 26th and Saturday October 9th. The whole weekend of 25–26 September is cancelled. This is officially counted as seven days' holiday (Friday-Thursday).

Who celebrates?

The National Day is celebrated throughout mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

Did you know?

The PRC's National Day was declared at three o'clock on October 1, 1949, in front of 300,000 people during a ceremony in Tian'anmen Squeare?

Chairman Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic and waved the first five-star PRC flag.