The State Council finalized the arrangements for next year's
weeklong holidays on Monday:
The New Year holiday will run from January 1 through 3. As the
New Year falls on Saturday, most people will have Monday off
work.
Spring Festival will be from February 9 to 15. People will have
to work the previous weekend, February 5 and 6, to have the
weeklong break.
The Labor Day holiday will run from May 1 to 7. People will need
to work on April 30, a Saturday, and business will resume on May 8,
a Sunday.
For next year's National Day, people will be off from October 1
to 7, followed by work on the weekend of October 8 and 9, giving
them a seven-day working week.
(Eastday.com December 21, 2004)