What is Golden Week? “Golden Week” is the name given to the two annual weeklong national holidays established by the Chinese government in 1999 to stimulate domestic spending. Today the Golden Week holidays are known as much for the logistical nightmare created when nearly half a billion people all travel at the same time. There are two Golden Week holidays each year in China. The first occurs in January or February at Chinese New Year during the Spring Festival and the second occurs in early October around National Day. Check our public holiday schedule for this year’s exact dates. A third Golden Week in May around Labour Day was eliminated in 2008 and replaced by single-day holidays for three traditional festivals, the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. Today, Labour Day is simply a three-day weekend. During Golden Week, workers receive three days of paid leave and the surrounding weekends are re-arranged to create a full seven-day holiday. Enjoy your holidays! The Ignite Team
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What is Golden Week? “Golden Week” is the name given to the two annual weeklong national holidays established by the Chinese government in 1999 to stimulate domestic spending. Today the Golden Week holidays are known as much for the logistical nightmare created when nearly half a billion people all travel at the same time. There are two Golden Week holidays each year in China. The first occurs in January or February at Chinese New Year during the Spring Festival and the second occurs in early October around National Day. Check our public holiday schedule for this year’s exact dates. A third Golden Week in May around Labour Day was eliminated in 2008 and replaced by single-day holidays for three traditional festivals, the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. Today, Labour Day is simply a three-day weekend. During Golden Week, workers receive three days of paid leave and the surrounding weekends are re-arranged to create a full seven-day holiday. Enjoy your holidays!
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Did You Know? Some Chinese Are Officially Off For 7 Days 😎 When you’re doing business with the Chinese, one challenge is to know when their offices are open, and when they are closed. Chinese New Year celebration started last Friday. 🥂 Including the weekends, Hong Kongers are out-of-office for 4 days, Both Mainlanders and Taiwanese are off for 7 days These facts made me think, wouldn’t it be helpful to have all the official holidays marked out and centrally collated? So this morning, I did exactly that. My fellow LinkedIn connections, here’s my GIFT to you. With it, you can now confidently choose the right time to email/phone/WeChat your Chinese partners/clients, knowing that someone will be at the other end answering. 🇹🇼 Taiwan (12 official holidays exclusive of weekends) Feb 8 - Feb 14: Chinese New Year Spring Festival Feb 28: Peace Memorial Day Apr 4: Qingming (Tomb Sweeping) Festival May 1: Labour Day Jun 10: Dragon Boat Festival Sep 17: Mid-Autumn Festival Oct 10: Taiwan National Day Taiwan’s School Holidays Jan 20 - Feb 14: Winter Break Feb 15: Semester starts June 29 - Aug 29: Summer Break Aug 30: Semester starts 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (14 official holidays exclusive of weekends) Feb 10 - 13: Chinese New Year Spring Festival Mar 29: Good Friday Apr 1: Easter Monday April 4: Qingming (Tomb Sweeping) Festival May 1: Labour Day May 15: Buddha’s Birthday June 10: Dragon Boat Festival July 1: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day Sep 18:Day after Mid-Autumn Festival Oct 1: China National Day Oct11: Chung Yeung (Double Ninth) Day Dec 25: Christmas Dec 26: Boxing Day Hong Kong’s School Holidays Feb 8 - Feb 17: Lunar New Year holidays Mar 29 - Apr 6: Easter holidays Jul 11 - Aug 31: Summer holidays Sep 3: Term starts 🇨🇳 China (18 official holidays exclusive of weekends) Feb 9 - Feb 15: Chinese New Year Spring Festival Apr 4: Qingming (Tomb Sweeping) Festival May 1: Labour Day Jun 10: Dragon Boar Festival Sep 15 - Sep 17: Mid-autumn Festival Oct 1 - Oct 7: Golden Week (inc. National Day) China’s School Holidays (calendars differ between cities and provinces; this one is applicable to Beijing) Jan 20 - Feb 25: Winter vacation Feb 26: Semester starts Jul 8 - Aug 31: Summer vacation starts Sep 3: Semester starts Was this useful? If the answer is YES, follow my special hashtag #SuGrowsGuanxi so you get all my contents when I post about building relationships with high networth Chinese. #China #ChineseNewYear #NationalHolidays Photo courtesy to Nicole Oakes of Oaks Christian School
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After my recent trip to China, I regretfully share the same sentiment expressed in this article by David A. Dayton Ph.D (泰大卫 คุญเดฟ), regarding the country's economic situation being "slow, and not improving." While China's exports saw a halt to their seven-month decline in November 2023, there are concerns about the sustainability of this recovery as exporters cannot continue slashing prices indefinitely. Overseas customers are aware of this predicament, and their travel patterns reflect it. During my flight to Nanjing last week, I noticed two foreigners. On my return flight, there was only one. In China, many individuals are beginning to realize that the three or four apartments they own are not appreciating in value. Selling them without incurring losses has become nearly impossible. Consequently, people are becoming cautious with their spending habits. Hotel restaurants remain empty, while other eateries and bars compete fiercely by offering significant discounts. This does not bode well for the profitability of the food and beverage industry in China during the upcoming 2023-2024 festive season. On a Saturday morning drive through Changzhou, I observed remarkably vacant roads. It appears that China is currently facing its own version of a Lehman moment, and everyone is anxiously awaiting the implementation of solutions to address the situation. If you are concerned about the financial situation of your suppliers in China please dm me to learn how Trimex can help. #trimexknowsasia
It does me absolutely no good financially, professional, or personally, for the Chinese economy to be bad. My family is from China, my business is China focused, and my interests academically all deal with China. But the reality is when I talk to Chinese people working in China and I go there myself for work, there are very few positive happenings right now. And almost no foreigners. After spending another three weeks in Asia (6 of the past 8), I have a few observations based on discussions with entrepreneurs, factory owners, and drivers in different parts of China. 1. 除夕 vs 除习 This year is the first year that 除夕 (chuxi) Chinese New Year’s Eve is not being included as a national holiday. Why? The rumors are that it “sounds bad”—除夕 vs 除习 (chuxi vs chuxi—New Year’s Eve vs Eliminate Xi.) Not a politically acceptable term. The national holiday is 8 days this year, but typically many will take additional days. What this means for companies is that they have to pay employees to work on Chinese New Year’s eve even if they let them off, which many will because of the cultural traditions surrounding the date. https://lnkd.in/gtYuMzDK 2. My buddy has a theory that when you really want to know about the economy, you talk with Joe-Manual-Laborer. The yard guys, the house cleaners, the window washers—jobs that get eliminated when money gets tight. The equivalent in China is DiDi drivers—people don’t take private rides/deliveries if they can use public transport and pick up things themselves. DiDi drivers, those that I spoke with personally last month and according to the people that I talked with recently in Thailand/Singapore, are either generally negative or unwilling to talk. People don’t usually hide good news. I spoke with drivers in Shanghai, and I’ve talked with business people from Guangdong and Beijing and they are saying the same things—“it’s slow and not getting better.” 3. The flood of people that have been leaving China the past few years is slowing down. Not that the numbers or desire isn’t there but that the govt is more successful in limiting people/monies leaving. The arrest of Chinese people in Singapore for money laundering and the continuation of the domestic corruption crack-down (not unwarranted) has indeed made people more cautious. 4. Finally, the flow of information leaving China is now almost completely turned off. No GDP numbers—won’t hide the negative vibes. Foreign Ratings and other financial agencies are being censored for forecasting that does not comply with the official government outlook. And domestic financers and bankers and other industry professionals are being told specifically to “adhere to Marxist principles.“ It will be increasingly difficult to get accurate info unless you are on the ground personally. Doing business in China, despite the new no-visa travel opportunities for some EU countries, is difficult, slow, and likely not getting better in the near term.
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Moving to a foreign country is difficult. Have you thought about your international colleagues during Christmas time? How would you feel being alone in a new and foreign country during Christmas time and what can you do to make a difference? We have a few suggestions you might consider using: · Include your international colleague in Christmas celebrations for a sense of belonging. · Share insights into Danish traditions, fostering cultural understanding. · Be curious, learn about- and be open to their traditions. Be aware of their challenges and issues. · Offer support and warmth, recognizing the challenges of the holiday season away from family and home. Small steps from you, may mean the world to another. #internationals #globalmobilityservices #relocation
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The Monday musing this week is from 35000ft above sea ☺️. I am returning back from a vacation, recharged! Last week we were at Hongkong, a city that amazed me as a facade of commercial attractions. Truly standing as a hallmark of a Chinese territory, from once being just a fishing village/island, today it's got the world's densest population, the country with most richest people, most Rolls Royce per capita, most skyscrapers and many more of such superlatives. And wait, there was an interesting stat that got me curious.. HK also has the world's highest average life expectancy at about 85 years!!. That got me thinking and of course googling, as they got to be doing something right despite such large scale commercialization!! And a few pointers here: they banned smoking outdoors, banned processed meat promote fresh seafood and vegetarianism, banned single use plastics, promote proactive medical checks and promote public transport for good health and less pollution. There's a lot to learn and emulate from this city. The city of dreams! The crux of communism always focusses on public welfare although sometimes it can be a bit self centered. HK to me is modified version, as the modern era of communism! Happy work week ahead!
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Why in the UK and USA do we not shut down every August like many Europeans. France is still alot more more productive than us, so there isn’t a business argument to pretend to be in the office in August. Even the French President takes 3 weeks off, with his political turmoil and an Olympics going on. France is the most visited country in the world for tourists, despite them being generally grumpy bastards who need a cuddle The history is interesting. In the years after World War I, many European nations began promoting leisure as a way to install national pride, dignity and patriotism. Something in the UK we are sadly lacking. Meanwhile countries like Italy and Germany pursued fascist goals through their work time policies of the 1930s. Maybe if someone gave old Adolf Hitler an August holiday, he might have been a bit more chilled out? The idea of an extended summer holiday was once the norm for the UK manufacturing industry. It was the reason behind the popularity of our seaside towns like Blackpool in the 50s and 60s with the annual ‘factory fortnight’ an enforced shutdown to give staff leave during the school holidays, and for scheduling maintenance tasks that would otherwise disrupt the company’s work time. If like Nigel Farage you’ve visited Clacton On Sea once; or Great Yarmouth, it’s not Great anymore and sad to see our tired seaside towns which a shut down could reinvigorate with increased visitors and a popular Labour policy ? Despite a Shit summer so far, we are finally graced with a couple of days summer weather and, in typical Brit style, we will no doubt be moaning about working in the heat and our tired infrastructure will creak once we hit that desert like 23 degrees! Trying to get deals done at the moment is painful as no one is around. So why don’t we accept, August is family and friends time, The impact on one’s mental health would be profound, prevent heart disease and improve sleep. Most people have better life perspective and are more motivated to achieve their goals starting September 1st. Of course, vital sectors like healthcare, food production, transport can’t completely shut down but the clever Frogs have a plan for this too. ‘juilletistes’ take July off and the ‘aoûtiens’ take August off so rotate essential workers to ensure all get a summer break. Amusingly these two tribes each views the other with suspicion and disdain One of the biggest arguments against such shutdowns is the potential loss of business to other companies. However, if all competition was also shut, there would be no loss. Customers, too, would be closed. So our more productive European friends have managed to keep their societies functioning while mostly shutting down. There’s no reason we can’t, especially with Covid showing more of us can work remotely or flexibly. Less stressed, healthier, happier people lead to a healthier economy. So can we all agree on an official summer shut-down and See you all on September 1st 👋
Why the French take every August off work – and what it means for visitors
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MINIMUM NATIONAL & FESTIVAL HOLIDAYS IN ANDRAPRADESH: Question from our Student: 1) What is the minimum number of public holidays that an organization is required to provide to employees annually as per the Andrapradesh Industrial Establishment (National & Festival Holidays/ Act? 2) Are there any additional considerations or requirements related to public holidays that we should be aware of to ensure compliance? Answer from HR & IR ACADEMY: As per the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Establishment (National & Festival Holidays) Act, an organization is required to provide a minimum of NINE DAYS out of which three national holidays: Republic Day (January 26th), Independence Day (August 15th), and Gandhi Jayanti (October 2nd) to be declared mandatorily to its employees annually. Apart from these, organizations may have to comply with additional state-specific holidays declared by the government of Andhra Pradesh and the national & festival holidays. But we advise you to get updated with any amendments or additions to the list of public holidays to ensure full compliance. In addition to the above, ensure that all employees are informed about the holiday schedule and that any necessary compensatory measures are taken if employees work on these holidays.
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The World Happiness Report 2024 reveals the top-ranking happiest countries in the world, with Nordic nations like Finland and Denmark leading the list. Details here 🔗http://toi.in/TkNFqY #WorldHappinessReport2024
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Looking for some breakfast inspiration? As British and Irish expats living in France and other areas throughout Europe, one of the things that can make us feel closer to home is the comfort of a delicious breakfast. While French pastries and coffee are renowned worldwide, there's something special about the hearty and comforting breakfasts from the Ireland and Great Britain. Check out our latest post on our new website which discusses the most popular breakfasts for British & Irish expats living abroad - https://buff.ly/3tGAeIE #IrishBrakfasts #FullEnglishBreakfast #IrishExpats #BritishExpats
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