Legal Regulations
China's holiday system is based on the National Annual Leave and Memorial Days regulation. The State Council announces the official calendar each year. Employees working on official holidays must receive at least 300% of their regular wage. Overtime payment rates differ based on the working hour system, with no overtime due for work on adjusted working days (weekends).
News
The official 2026 holiday schedule was announced by the State Council in November 2025. It features a record-breaking nine-day break for the Spring Festival, the longest such holiday in Chinese history. The total number of days off for employees is 13, matching 2025. The National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays are separate in 2026.
Insights
China uses a unique 'bridge day' system where certain Saturdays and Sundays become regular working days to create longer consecutive holiday breaks (like Golden Weeks) without reducing total annual working days. The 2026 Spring Festival holiday is the longest in history at nine consecutive days. It is common to combine paid annual leave with public holidays to create extended vacations.
2026 Working days summary for Xinjiang, China
Xinjiang, China has 244 working days in 2026. This is calculated from 365 total calendar days, minus 80 weekend days (Saturday-Sunday), and minus 41 holidays. The standard work week runs Monday through Friday.
244
Working Days
80
Weekend Days
41
Holidays
Monthly Breakdown
| Month | Working | Weekend | Holidays | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| February | 16 | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| March | 21 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| April | 21 | 6 | 3 | 30 |
| May | 16 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| June | 21 | 6 | 3 | 30 |
| July | 23 | 8 | 0 | 31 |
| August | 21 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| September | 22 | 5 | 3 | 30 |
| October | 18 | 6 | 7 | 31 |
| November | 21 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| December | 23 | 8 | 0 | 31 |
| Total | 244 | 80 | 41 | 365 |
2026 Calendar for Xinjiang, China
January 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 New Year's Day New Year's Day | 2 New Year's Day Holiday New Year's Day Holiday | 3 New Year's Day Holiday New Year's Day Holiday | 4 Working Sunday to compensate for New Year's Day Working Sunday to compensate for New Year's Day | |||
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
21 working days, 7 weekend days, and 3 holidays in January 2026.
February 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Working Saturday to compensate for Spring Festival Working Saturday to compensate for Spring Festival | 15 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday |
16 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday | 17 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday | 18 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday | 19 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday | 20 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday | 21 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday | 22 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday |
23 Spring Festival Holiday Spring Festival Holiday | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 Working Saturday to compensate for Spring Festival Working Saturday to compensate for Spring Festival |
16 working days, 3 weekend days, and 9 holidays in February 2026.
March 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 International Women's Day International Women's Day |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 Roza Festival Holiday Roza Festival Holiday | 21 Roza Festival Roza Festival | 22 Roza Festival Holiday Roza Festival Holiday |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 |
21 working days, 7 weekend days, and 3 holidays in March 2026.
April 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Qingming Festival Holiday Qingming Festival Holiday | 5 Qingming Festival Qingming Festival | ||
6 Qingming Festival Holiday Qingming Festival Holiday | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
21 working days, 6 weekend days, and 3 holidays in April 2026.
May 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Labor Day Labor Day | 2 Labor Day Holiday Labor Day Holiday | 3 Labor Day Holiday Labor Day Holiday | ||||
4 Labour Day Holiday Labour Day Holiday | 5 Labor Day Holiday Labor Day Holiday | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Working Saturday to compensate for Labor Day Working Saturday to compensate for Labor Day | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 Gurban Festival Gurban Festival | 28 Gurban Festival Holiday Gurban Festival Holiday | 29 Gurban Festival Holiday Gurban Festival Holiday | 30 Gurban Festival Holiday Gurban Festival Holiday | 31 Gurban Festival Holiday Gurban Festival Holiday |
16 working days, 5 weekend days, and 10 holidays in May 2026.
June 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Children's Day Children's Day | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival | 20 Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Dragon Boat Festival Holiday | 21 Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Dragon Boat Festival Holiday |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 |
21 working days, 6 weekend days, and 3 holidays in June 2026.
July 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
23 working days, 8 weekend days in July 2026.
August 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Army Day Army Day | 2 | |||||
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
31 |
21 working days, 10 weekend days in August 2026.
September 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 Working Sunday to compensate for National Day Working Sunday to compensate for National Day |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival | 26 Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday | 27 Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday |
28 | 29 | 30 |
22 working days, 5 weekend days, and 3 holidays in September 2026.
October 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 National Day National Day | 2 National Day Holiday National Day Holiday | 3 National Day Holiday National Day Holiday | 4 National Day Holiday National Day Holiday | |||
5 National Day Holiday National Day Holiday | 6 National Day Holiday National Day Holiday | 7 National Day Holiday National Day Holiday | 8 | 9 | 10 Working Saturday to compensate for National Day Working Saturday to compensate for National Day | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
18 working days, 6 weekend days, and 7 holidays in October 2026.
November 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
30 |
21 working days, 9 weekend days in November 2026.
December 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
23 working days, 8 weekend days in December 2026.
Changelog
| 2026-05-17 22:24:03 | The holiday set for Xinjiang in 2026 has been expanded to include additional holiday designations and compensatory days, resulting in an overall increase in the number of recognized holidays. |
| 2026-05-05 10:49:27 | The holiday set for Xinjiang in 2026 has been expanded to include additional observances and adjustments to compensation days, resulting in an overall increase in the number of holidays. |