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Regular Holidays: New Year’s Day - January 1 (Wednesday) Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9(Wednesday) Chinese New Year - January 29 (Wednesday) Black Saturday - April 19; The complete list of holidays ensures Filipinos can plan ahead for work breaks, vacations, or important events. Promoting Cultural Diversity. Declaring Chinese New Year as a holiday highlights the government’s effort to promote cultural inclusivity. The Filipino-Chinese community has been a significant part of the country’s history and economy. China public holiday 2025 schedule: Official calendar. New Year. January 1, 2025 (one rest day) Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) January 28 and February 4, 2025 (eight rest days in total) Adjusted working days: January 26, 2025 (Sunday) and February 8, 2025 (Saturday) Tomb Sweeping Festival (Ching Ming Festival) New Year's Day: Jan 1: one day: Spring Festival: Jan 28 — Feb 4: eight days: Qingming Festival: April 4 — April 6: three days: Labor Day: May 1 — May 5: five days: Dragon Boat Festival: May 31 — June 2: three days: National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival: Oct 1 — Oct 8: eight days After the adjustment, the Spring Festival holiday will span a total of eight days, starting from Chinese New Year's Eve, and the May Day holiday will be observed with a five-day break. Here is the holiday calendar for 2025. New Year's Day holiday: Jan 1. Spring Festival holiday: Jan 28 to Feb 4 (Make-up work days: Jan 26, Feb 8） The Chinese New Year of 2025 falls on January 29th (Wednesday), and will last to February 2nd. It is the Year of Snake. As an official public holiday, Chinese people can get eight days' off from work, from January 28th to February 4th. The Chinese New Year of 2026 falls on February 17th (Tuesday), and will last to February 21th. It is the Year Chinese New Year Holiday and National Day Holiday are the only two week-long holidays in China. During these two weeks, people enjoy themselves in a great variety of ways, contributing to a boost in tourism industry, hence the nickname 'Golden Week'. Hotel rooms, train tickets or air tickets will definitely be in great demand then. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared an additional holiday for the 2024 Chinese New Year. Proclamation No. 453, signed on January 18, makes Friday, February 9, a special non-working day across the country, following the already declared holiday on Saturday, February 10. “The declaration of 09 February 2024, Friday, as an additional special non-working day [] The President earlier declared Chinese New Year on February 10, 2024 as a special non-working holiday. The Chinese New Year is usually celebrated by Chinese communities worldwide to commemorate The list ahead, made official by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. through Proclamation No. 727, rounds up the regular holidays and special non-working holidays for the year 2025. Malacañang announced the official dates of the 2025 holidays in October 2024. These are as follows: SEE ALSO: Year of the Water Rabbit 2023 horoscope, predictions from Feng Shui expert Meanwhile, Senator Sonny Angara filed Senate Bill 1012 seeking to declare Chinese New Year a special non-working holiday in the Philippines in recognition of the contributions of the Chinese people to the country’s development as a nation. Chinese New Year 10 February 2024 - 11 February 2024, Saturday - Sunday Monday, 12 February 2024, will be a public holiday if your rest day falls on 11 February 2024. 29 March 2024 Under the new proclamation, Marcos removes the EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary from the list. He, however, adds Chinese New Year and Christmas Eve as special (non-working days). In 2013, the Senate approved on third and final reading a bill declaring Chinese New Year a special working holiday during the 15th Congress, during the time of Angara’s father the late senator He said Chinese schools, businesses and other Chinese establishments usually celebrate the Chinese New year as a non-working holiday. "Many of us are familiar with Filipino-Chinese's customs and traditions and many of us join them in their annual celebration of the Chinese New Year," Angara said. This year, February 1 will fall on Tuesday. Chinese nationals all over the world will celebrate Spring Festival, popularly known as the Chinese New Year, which is one of the most revered and festive events celebrated not only in China but also in the Philippines. Highlight: February 1, 2022 Holiday The Chinese New Year celebration is on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, which Malacañang also declared as a special non-working holiday through Proclamation No. 368 issued in October 2023. Chinese New Year Holiday 2025. Officially, the Chinese people will have a holiday for about 7 days from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the lunar new year. In 2025, the Chinese New Year holiday lasts from January 28th to February 4th. Some companies may extend the holiday up to 16 days. PBBM on Chinese New Year: Let the Year of the Dragon rekindle our enthusiasm and optimism to steer nation to greater heights Palace declares February 9 special non-working day for Chinese New Year President Duterte on Chinese New Year message: ‘Continue demonstrating ideals of bayanihan, malasakit’ President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. urged the people to reflect on the accomplishments in 2023 as he extended his heartfelt greetings to the entire country in commemoration of the Chinese New Year this year.
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