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Spring Festival holiday

China’s State Council schedule calls the 2026 period the Spring Festival holiday and sets it at nine days, 15–23 February, with adjusted working days on 14 and 28 February.

Date / rule15–23 February 2026
ScopeChina / State Council 2026 public-holiday schedule
VerificationGovernment Current Calendar Identity Boundary Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Spring Festival holiday?

China’s State Council schedule calls the 2026 period the Spring Festival holiday and sets it at nine days, 15–23 February, with adjusted working days on 14 and 28 February.

Date and recurrence

15–23 February 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is China / State Council 2026 public-holiday schedule. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Spring Festival Golden Week holiday

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. General Office of the State Council — 2026 public-holiday arrangementsChina Government
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Spring Festival holiday?

15–23 February 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 15–23 February 2026.

Does Spring Festival holiday fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Spring Festival holiday an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: China / State Council 2026 public-holiday schedule. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Spring Festival holiday?

The stored designation basis is: China’s State Council schedule calls the 2026 period the Spring Festival holiday and sets it at nine days, 15–23 February, with adjusted working days on 14 and 28 February.. Supporting provenance includes General Office of the State Council — 2026 public-holiday arrangements. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Spring Festival holiday international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to China. Its fuller verified scope is: China / State Council 2026 public-holiday schedule.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-08.

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