General holiday in China are Saturday, Sunday, New Year's Day (one day off), the Spring Festival (three days off),Labour Day (May 1st, three days off) and the National Day (October 1st , three days off). What is known as the Golden Weeks includes the Spring Festival, May 1st and October 1st on which people take seven days off by connecting two weekends and the holidays together.
Under the Chinese system people work for eight hours daily and five days weekly.The working hours are arrangeed between 8(or9) to 12 am, and 1 (or 2) to 5(or 6) pm. Many people take an afternoon nap, therefore the lunch break in many companies can be as long as two hours.