China Public Holiday 2025 Schedule: Welcome to the Year of the Snake

As the year 2025 approaches, it's important to know the latest holiday schedules for each region of China - 2025 is the Year of the Snake in the Chinese Lunar Calendar, a year that symbolizes wisdom, flexibility and mystery, and brings new opportunities and challenges for people. In this article, we will introduce the holiday schedule for 2025 in mainland China in detail, covering the exact dates, days of the week, whether there will be any transfer, and the comparison between the lunar calendar and the new calendar, as well as providing official sources of information to help you plan your vacations wisely.

If you are considering registering a company in China, it is important to understand how holidays and vacations will affect your business operations.

Why is it the Year of the Snake?

According to Chinese tradition, the snake is one of the twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac, ranking sixth, after the dragon and before the horse. The Year of the Snake occurs when the year number of the AD is divided by 12 and the remainder is 9. The last Year of the Snake was 2013, and the next will be 2025. People born in the year of the Snake, 2025 is also a lucky year.

Major Holidays in Mainland China in 2025

Regarding the information about holidays in Mainland China in 2025, the notification was published on November 12, 2024 and will be effective from January 1, 2025 after the approval of the government. According to the information of the notification, the main holiday schedule for 2025 is as follows:

1. Holidays for all Chinese citizens

In 2025, the number of legal holidays for all Chinese citizens will be increased by 2 days

2、Festivals and anniversaries on which some Chinese citizens take holidays

3、Holidays for Ethnic Minorities

The notice also explains that holidays customarily observed by China's ethnic minorities shall be set by the local people's governments of the areas in which the ethnic minorities live, in accordance with the customs of each ethnic group, on the dates of the holidays.

It means that the local governments of the ethnic minorities in different areas will provide reasonable vacation dates according to the custom of the ethnic festivals. There are 56 ethnic groups in China, of which the Han Chinese are not part of the ethnic minorities and therefore do not enjoy this policy.

4. Holidays without vacation

Other holidays and anniversaries like Teachers' Day, Nurses' Day, Journalists' Day, Arbor Day, etc. are not holidays.

2025 on the Chinese government's optimization of holiday arrangements, involving all aspects of the economy and society, involving the production and living arrangements of enterprises and the masses, the need for integrated planning and orderly progress.

Relevant departments will conscientiously implement the Chinese government's decision-making and deployment, collaborate to implement the policy of free high-speed traffic on holidays, railroads and civil aviation to increase capacity and other work, and guide the relevant enterprises and institutions to rationally arrange production and business activities, to ensure that the relevant policies smoothly and smoothly landing.

Source of information: Notice from the official website of the Chinese government: “Notice of the General Office of the State Council on the Arrangement of Some Holidays in 2025”《国务院办公厅关于2025年部分节假日安排的通知》