In China, there are 10 national holiday per year :

• New Year’s Day – 1 day

• Spring Festival (also called Chinese New Year) – 3 days sometime in late January or early to mid February

• May 1st Labor Day – 3 days

• October 1st National Day – 3 days
   

When there are 3-day holidays, it is customary for people to “borrow weekends” to extend their time-off to a full week. Also, most offices and agencies extend the time-off through the entire week.