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The Golden Week (simplified Chinese: 黄金周; traditional Chinese: 黃金週), in the People's Republic of China, is the name given to three separate 7-day or 8-day national holidays which were implemented in 2000: [1] Chunyun [disputed – discuss], the Golden Week around the Chinese New Year, begins in January or February.
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 ...
National Day marks the start of a Golden Week, a weeklong public holiday. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The day is celebrated throughout mainland China , Hong Kong , and Macau with a variety of government -organized festivities, including fireworks and concerts, as well as sports events and cultural events.
Chinese mainland tourists cut back on trips and spending abroad during the long "Golden Week" holidays in early October, with a weaker yuan, political turmoil in Hong Kong and global tensions ...
After China's stocks closed out their best week since 2008—and the Shanghai Stock Exchange index posted a 8.06% gain Monday, its biggest jump since 2008—China's markets closed for Golden Week ...
Some 637 million residents of China traveled inside their country during the recent eight-day Golden Week holiday, spending tens of billions of dollars at a time when officials hope to get ...
China has concluded its Golden Week holiday on a muted note, with key travel and spending data showing weaker-than-expected recovery in consumption amid a wider economic slump.
Golden Week may refer to: Golden Week (China) , two weeks of Chinese holidays, occurring in January or February, and September or October Golden Week (Japan) , several Japanese holidays that occur during the first week of May