| 2011 |
Day of week
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Holiday name
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Notes
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Lunar
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| Jan 1 |
Saturday |
New Year |
Western New Year |
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| Jan 30 |
Sunday |
work |
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Feb 2
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Wednesday |
Spring Festival |
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Yes |
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Feb 3
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Thursday |
Spring Festival |
Chinese New Year (eve)
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Yes |
Feb 4
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Friday
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Spring Festival
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Chinese New Year
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Yes
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Feb 5
|
Saturday
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Spring Festival |
Chinese New Year |
Yes
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Feb 6
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Sunday
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Feb 7
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Monday
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Feb 8
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Tuesday
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Feb 12
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Saturday |
work |
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April 2
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Saturday
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work
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April 3
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Sunday |
Tomb Sweeping Day |
Ching Min
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Yes |
April 4
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Monday |
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April 5
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Tuesday |
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April 30
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Saturday
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Connect to the weekend |
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| May 1 |
Sunday |
Labour Day |
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May 2
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Monday |
extension Labour Day
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Jun 6
|
Monday |
Dragon Boat |
DuanWu |
Yes |
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Aug 6
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Saturday
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work
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(Universiade) |
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Aug 11
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Thursday |
Universiade |
Shenzhen ***
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Aug 12
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Friday |
Universiade |
Opening Ceremony
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Aug 13
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Saturday |
Universiade |
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Aug 14
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Sunday |
Universiade |
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Aug 20
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Saturday |
work
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Universiade *** |
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Aug 21
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Sunday
|
work |
Universiade *** |
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Aug 22
|
Monday |
Universiade |
Shenzhen only *** |
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Aug 23
|
Tuesday |
Universiade |
Closing Cermony ***
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Aug 24
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Wednesday |
Universiade |
Shenzhen only *** |
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Sep 10
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Saturday |
Holiday |
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Sep 11
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Sunday |
Holiday |
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Sep 12
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Monday |
Holiday |
Mid-autumn Festival |
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| Oct 1 |
Saturday
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National day holiday
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| Oct 2 |
Sunday
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Oct 3
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Monday
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| Oct 4 |
Tuesday
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| Oct 5 |
Wednesday
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| Oct 6 |
Thursday
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| Oct 7 |
Friday
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| Oct 8 |
Saturday
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work |
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Oct 9
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Sunday |
work |
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Aug 11-14 and Aug 22-24 are official holidays in Shenzhen due to the Universiade [source]
Update July 2011: Universiade holidays declared
Update August 2011: My employer (Tencent) only gives 1 day off (Friday 12th of August) and the other days are just normal working days. I've marked these days with ***
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 August 2011 )
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