Spring Festival 2025
ZH春节
Do you get the day off?
National holidayTue, Jan 28 to Tue, Feb 4, 8 days total
3 statutory daysStatutory days pay 300% for overtime; rest days pay 200% or compensatory time off
2 makeup workdaysSun, Jan 26, Sat, Feb 8 — work as normal
Don't forget: these Saturdays are workdays
Sun, Jan 26, Sat, Feb 8 are makeup workdays.
Sun
26
work
Mon
27
work
Tue
28
off
Wed
29
off
Thu
30
off
Fri
31
off
Sat
1
off
Sun
2
off
Mon
3
off
Tue
4
off
Wed
5
work
Thu
6
work
Fri
7
work
Sat
8
work
- The date, and why
- Spring Festival 2025 (lunar New Year's Day) falls on Wednesday, January 29. That is the traditional festival date, not a published State Council holiday window. The 2025 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 How those days are combined with weekends (调休) is unpublished for 2025 — we show the traditional date only.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 2025 schedule appears, employers have not been told how many consecutive days off to give.
- Long weekend
- Lunar New Year's Day 2025 is Wednesday, January 29. How many consecutive days off — and any makeup workdays — wait for the State Council notice, typically in November 2024.
- What closes
- Until the 2025 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 2025 schedule.
- Where the name comes from
- Spring Festival marks the lunar new year. 2025 is the Year of the Snake. 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 2025?
- Lunar New Year's Day 2025 is Wednesday, January 29. The State Council holiday window is not published yet.
- Has the 2025 holiday schedule been published?
- No. The State Council has not issued the 2025 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 2024.
- When does the State Council usually publish the 2025 schedule?
- Recent notices landed in November of the prior year (the 2026 schedule was published in November 2025). Expect the 2025 notice around November 2024 on gov.cn.
- Spring Festival 2025 falls on a Saturday — what does that mean?
- Lunar New Year's Day 2025 is Wednesday, January 29. 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 2025.
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