The General Office of the State Council announced public holiday schedule for 2009 yesterday. The National Day Holiday is planned to be combined with the Mid-Autumn Festival giving people time off from Oct. 1-8. This will be a “Super Golden Week”, the longest holiday since the week-long holidays were introduced in October 1999 to boost tourism and holiday consumption.

2009 China Public Holiday
• New Year – Jan. 1-2
• Chinese New Year – Jan. 25-30
• Qingming Holiday – Apr. 4-6
• Labor’s Day - May 1
• Duanwu Holiday - May 28-29
• National Day – Oct. 1-8 (People have to work on Sept. 27(Sunday) and Oct. 10(Saturday) for the 8-day off.)