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National Day (Chinese: 国庆节; pinyin: guóqìng jié; lit. 'national celebration day'), officially the National Day of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国国庆节), is a public holiday in China celebrated annually on 1 October as the national day of the People's Republic of China, commemorating Mao Zedong's formal proclamation of the establishment of the People's ...
An HQ-9 at China's 60th anniversary parade.. The National Day Parade (Chinese: 国庆阅兵), officially the National Day of the People's Republic of China Parade ...
The week-long holidays on May (Labor) Day and National Day began in 2000, as a measure to increase and encourage holiday spending. The resulting seven-day or eight-day (if Mid-Autumn Festival is near National Day) holidays are called "Golden Weeks" (黄金 周), and have become peak seasons for travel and tourism. In 2008, the Labor Day holiday ...
Since assuming the office of president in March 2013, Xi has previously delivered a speech twice at the annual reception, usually held on the eve of National Day on Oct. 1. In other years, the ...
The roughly week-long period, associated with China's national day on Oct. 1, is an important signal for Chinese consumer confidence, as millions of people travel domestically and overseas ...
In 2004, there were calls to shorten Golden Week's duration due to its disruption of the regular economy. In 2006, delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference brought up proposals to cancel both the National Day and May Day Golden Weeks, arguing that the holidays have not achieved significant results in promoting internal consumption, which was the original intention ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai on Monday on the eve of China's week-long National Day holiday, the latest ...
This day is also the last day of new year celebration. This is Tourism Day in Taiwan: 2 (二月) 2nd February 24, 2020 Zhonghe Festival (Blue Dragon Festival) • 中和節 / 中和节 • 青龍節 / 青龙节 Eat Chinese pancakes (Chun bing, 春餅) and noodles, clean the house.