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Source: State Council of China (Beijing)
The State Council of China has released the official list of 2006 public holidays, including the list of working Saturdays and Sundays that compensate for the 3 weeklong Golden Week public holidays.
The periods of public holidays in China in 2006 will be:
• January 1-3.
• January 29-February 4.
• May 1-7
• October 1-7
As was the case in past years (20-Dec-2004, and 19-Dec-2003), and more generally since the implementation of the weeklong, Golden Week, public holidays (20-Sep-1999), in compensation for the additional public holidays, some nearby weekend days have been declared as regular working days.
The compensatory working weekend dates in 2006 will be:
• Saturday, December 31, 2005.
• Saturday, January 28.
• Sunday, February 5.
• Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30.
• Saturday, September 30.
• Sunday, October 8.
Note that, since last year (26-Nov-2004), China's State Council has in discussions with various government agencies, with a view to possibly cancel the weeklong public holidays around the Lunar New Year, Labor Day, and Chinese National Day.
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