China Public Holidays 2027
The official schedule isn't published yet — expected around November 2026. Here's what's already knowable, and what to do about trip planning in the meantime.
Status: awaiting the official State Council notice. Recent pattern: the 2026 schedule was announced November 4, 2025, as notice 国办发明电〔2025〕7号 (official text here). We update this page the day the 2027 notice lands — dates below are expectations, not announcements.
What's already certain for 2027
The framework doesn't change year to year, only the dates do:
| Festival | Statutory days | What typically happens |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day 元旦 | 1 | Extended to a 3-day break with a swapped weekend |
| Spring Festival 春节 | 4 (New Year's Eve + days 1–3) | Extended into the year's longest break — 8–9 days in recent years |
| Qingming 清明节 | 1 | 3-day break, sometimes no swap needed |
| Labor Day 劳动节 | 2 | Extended to a 5-day Golden Week |
| Dragon Boat 端午节 | 1 | 3-day break |
| Mid-Autumn 中秋节 | 1 | 3-day break; merges with National Day in some years |
| National Day 国庆节 | 3 | Extended to the 7-day October Golden Week |
13 statutory days across 7 festivals, with weekend swaps (调休) stitching longer breaks — the same rules that produced the official 2026 schedule.
The two dates worth knowing now
Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday, February 6 (Year of the Goat). That's an astronomical fixed point — the rest of the break is policy, but recent notices have stretched Spring Festival to 8–9 days total, so pencil in roughly the first half of February 2027 as the year's biggest travel rush, with the heaviest transport load in the 2–3 weeks around it (chunyun).
The October Golden Week will almost certainly anchor early October again (statutory Oct 1–3, historically extended to a full week). If the notice follows the 2026 pattern, expect it to run Oct 1–7-ish; exact edges depend on which weekdays Oct 1 lands on in 2027.
Everything else — Qingming, Labor Day, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn — moves with the lunar calendar and the weekend geometry; there's no honest way to fix those dates before the notice, so we won't guess them here.
How to plan a 2027 trip before the notice
- Avoid penciling hard dates into early February or early October unless you're specifically chasing Spring Festival atmosphere or can handle Golden Week density.
- Book hotels with free cancellation if you find good inventory around your tentative dates — price and selection only get worse as the peaks firm up.
- Wait on inter-city transport: train tickets only open ~2 weeks before travel anyway, and flight schedules for next year are still filling in.
- Set the November checkpoint: once the notice lands, the 2026 page's Golden Week checker pattern gets a 2027 edition and every date on this page becomes official.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will China announce the 2027 public holiday schedule?
Expected around November 2026. The State Council General Office has settled into a rhythm of publishing next year's schedule in early November — the 2026 notice (国办发明电〔2025〕7号) came out on November 4, 2025. This page updates the day the official notice lands.
When is Chinese New Year 2027?
Chinese New Year's Day falls on Saturday, February 6, 2027 (Year of the Goat). Under the current rules the Spring Festival statutory break covers New Year's Eve plus the first three days of the lunar new year, and the official notice typically extends it into a multi-day break with swapped weekends — for 2026 that produced nine days off. Expect the 2027 break to cluster in early-to-mid February around Feb 6, with exact dates pending the notice.
Will there be a Golden Week in October 2027?
Almost certainly — National Day has produced an early-October Golden Week every year under the current holiday framework (statutory Oct 1–3, extended to a full week with weekend swaps, which in 2026 runs Oct 1–7). Whether 2027's week starts exactly on Oct 1 and how long it runs depends on where weekends fall, so treat exact dates as unconfirmed until the official notice.
Can I book 2027 trains and hotels now?
Hotels: yes, and refundable rates around early February and early October 2027 are worth locking while inventory is wide. Trains: no — China Railways opens sales roughly two weeks before travel, and next year's exact holiday dates affect the peak days anyway. If your trip touches the expected peaks, book flexible hotel rates now and set a reminder for when the official 2027 schedule is announced.