Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) 2024
ZH春节
Do you get the day off?
Traditional dateThu, Feb 1 — lunar festival date, not a published holiday window
Schedule unpublishedState Council has not published 2024 调休. Typically announced November 2023
- The date, and why
- Spring Festival 2024 (lunar New Year's Day) falls on Thursday, February 1. That is the traditional festival date, not a published State Council holiday window. The 2024 调休 schedule has not been announced.
- What kind of holiday
- Spring Festival is China's most important traditional holiday. Under the current national holiday measures, the statutory stretch is Lunar New Year's Eve through the third lunar day. How those days are combined with weekends (调休) is unpublished for 2024 — we show the traditional date only.
- Where it counts as statutory
- Spring Festival is a nationwide statutory festival. After the notice is published, government offices, schools, and banks usually follow the window. Until the 2024 schedule appears, employers have not been told how many consecutive days off to give.
- Long weekend
- Lunar New Year's Day 2024 is Thursday, February 1. How many consecutive days off — and any makeup workdays — wait for the State Council notice, typically in November 2023.
- What closes
- Until the 2024 notice is published, there is no official closure window to list. In past years banks and most offices close for the observed Spring Festival window and Chunyun travel peaks — treat that as history, not a 2024 schedule.
- Where the name comes from
- Spring Festival marks the lunar new year. Traditions include family reunion dinners, red envelopes, and fireworks. The lunar date can be calculated; the State Council makeup-work window cannot.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When is Spring Festival 2024?
- Lunar New Year's Day 2024 is Thursday, February 1. The State Council holiday window is not published yet.
- Has the 2024 holiday schedule been published?
- No. The State Council has not issued the 2024 notice. “Not yet published” means we show traditional festival dates only — no makeup workdays and no invented Golden Week. The notice usually appears in November 2023.
- When does the State Council usually publish the 2024 schedule?
- Recent notices landed in November of the prior year (the 2026 schedule was published in November 2025). Expect the 2024 notice around November 2023 on gov.cn.
- Spring Festival 2024 falls on a Saturday — what does that mean?
- Lunar New Year's Day 2024 is Thursday, February 1. Consecutive days off wait for the official notice.
- What was the 2026 Spring Festival schedule?
- 2026 was published: Feb 15–23 off (9 days), with makeup work on Feb 14 and Feb 28. Use the 2026 Spring Festival page — do not copy that table onto 2024.
Same holiday, other years
Nearby in China
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