# Is Nov. 6, 2015 a public holiday in China?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 8, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nov-6-2015-a-public-holiday-in-china/730343 "2015-09-08T16:01:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nov-6-2015-a-public-holiday-in-china/730343/1 "2015-09-08T16:01:57Z")

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I’m going to be traveling in China for a few weeks this fall for work, and the person bringing me over mentioned that Nov. 6 is a new public holiday in China … but I can’t find any reference to it online at all. Has anyone else heard of this holiday?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nov-6-2015-a-public-holiday-in-china/730343/2 "2015-09-10T19:36:40Z")

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Wiki says not to worry: [Public holidays in China - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China)

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**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nov-6-2015-a-public-holiday-in-china/730343/3 "2015-09-11T01:41:30Z")

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Our company has two subsidiaries in China so we have an internal scheduling system that shows when their days off are. There are no holidays in November, either national or traditional.

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nov-6-2015-a-public-holiday-in-china/730343/4 "2015-09-13T22:02:15Z")

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> [@Saturn\_Dreams](#):
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> Our company has two subsidiaries in China so we have an internal scheduling system that shows when their days off are. There are no holidays in November, either national or traditional.

Thanks. I couldn’t find any other reference to it, either. I’m guessing my host is mistaken.

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nov-6-2015-a-public-holiday-in-china/730343/5 "2015-09-14T00:58:36Z")

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> [@Saturn\_Dreams](#):
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> Our company has two subsidiaries in China so we have an internal scheduling system that shows when their days off are. There are no holidays in November, either national or traditional.

It’s possible the host was confused with September 3, which _is_ a new holiday this year. Incidentally it’s still not showing in any of our calendaring and scheduling systems, despite us having had the day off.

(In typical Chinese fashion is was a screwup for our international colleagues, as the holiday was reported as the 3d, but also the 3d and 4th, but returning to work on the 6th. We only took off the 3d, worked the fourth, and didn’t have to give up a Sunday in the office.)