The Schedule of Public Holidays 2011

The General Office of the State Council has released the schedule of public holidays in 2011. There will be two seven-day holidays in 2011, which are the Spring Festival from February 2, 2011 and the National holiday from October 1, 2011. In order to compensate for extended holidays, some Saturdays and Sundays will be changed into workdays, they are: January 30, February 12, April 2 and October 8 and 9.

Among these 7 public holidays, 4 are calculated basing on the lunar calendar, hence the dates will be different basing on the Gregorian calendar. Following are the exact schedule for the public holidays in 2011 and the expected schedule for the public holidays in 2012. May they are useful for travelers intending to visit China in the next two years.

2011 / 2012 Major Public Holiday Schedule
Festival	Date	Duration	Holidays of 2011	Holidays of 2012
New Year's Day	Jan. 1	3 days	Jan. 1�3	Jan. 1�3
Spring Festival	The 1st day of the 1st lunar month	7 days	Feb. 3. The holiday is Feb. 2�8.	Jan. 23. The holiday is Jan. 22�28.
Qingming Festival	Apr.  5	3 days	Apr. 5. The holiday is Apr. 3�5.	Apr. 5. The holiday is Apr. 5�7.
May Day	May 1	3 days	Apr. 30�May 2	May 1�3
Dragon Boat Festival	The 5th day of the 5th lunar month	3 day	Jun. 6. The holiday is Jun. 4�6.	Jun. 23. The holiday is Jun. 22� 24.
Mid-Autumn Day	The 15th day of the 8th  lunar month	3 day	Sep. 12. The holiday is Sep. 10� 12.	Sep. 30. The holiday is Sep. 30.
National Day	Oct. 1	7 days (Oct. 1�3)	Oct. 1�7	Oct. 1�7