Chinese New Year has four statutory days
The national holiday measures, revised in 2024 and effective from January 1, 2025, provide four statutory days for Spring Festival: Chinese New Year’s Eve and days one, two and three. The corresponding 2027 dates are Friday, February 5 through Monday, February 8.
Those four days should not be confused with the length of the eventual holiday break. An extended break combines statutory dates with ordinary weekends and shifted rest days. Current law establishes the entitlement; the annual State Council notice establishes the specific days off and working weekends for the year.
The festival date is the same reference point wherever you are reading this guide, but holiday arrangements vary by jurisdiction. This page concerns mainland China, rather than the separate schedules of Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan.
February 5–12: an eight-day estimate
Our planning estimate is February 5–12, 2027, inclusive. CFETS uses those dates in its provisional system preset, while the principles announced with the 2025 schedule describe a usual eight-day Spring Festival break starting on Chinese New Year’s Eve, with exceptions possible.
This does not make February 5–12 an official national break. CFETS says its preset will be adjusted after the State Council notice. Nor does the estimate establish February 13 as a reopening day: February 13 and 14 are a Saturday and Sunday, and any makeup arrangement is unresolved. A final notice could change the boundaries, duration or surrounding working weekends.
Use this window to identify plans that need flexibility, not to promise a delivery date or approve a day off. Compare the full 2027 holiday table for the other festivals, and check the page’s status again when the official arrangement is verified.
Travel, bank branches & government appointments
Before committing to an itinerary, confirm the transport timetable and the ticket conditions for each journey. Hotels, attractions and transport services may operate through a national break. A holiday calendar does not tell you whether a particular venue opens, requires a reservation or changes its hours.
For a bank visit or government appointment, check the specific branch or office. Online access and in-person counter hours are different questions, and the processing of a request may depend on a service’s working-day schedule. Complete a time-sensitive task against the provider’s confirmed availability, rather than assuming that a weekday in February will be a normal business day.
If you work with a China-based team, ask for their actual absence and return dates. Personal leave, shift work and company arrangements can extend or alter the period of reduced availability. Write deadlines in mainland China time (Asia/Shanghai, UTC+8) so both sides understand the intended handover.
Chinese New Year 2027: factory & shipping notes
The national holiday arrangement is not a universal factory shutdown schedule. Individual factories, warehouses and carriers can stop or resume different parts of their operations on different dates. A factory reopening also does not, by itself, confirm production capacity, collection availability or a shipment’s arrival.
For an existing shipment or order, confirm four dates directly with the responsible partners: the last date they can accept the work, the last actual collection or dispatch, their shutdown period, and the first day they can commit to handling your specific order after the break. Ask which date is firm and which still depends on staffing, stock or transport.
For an item already moving, use the carrier’s shipment status and service notice rather than inferring its progress from the national calendar. Keep the supplier’s confirmation separate from the carrier’s confirmation; one does not establish the other. If your delivery deadline falls near the estimated break, agree a fallback handover before making a promise to the recipient.
A useful next step: send your existing supplier and carrier the same dated handover plan and ask each to confirm their part.
Sources, confidence & the next update
State Council Order No. 795 and the revised national holiday measures establish the four-day statutory entitlement. The 2025 national holiday notice describes the usual extended-break principles. The CFETS 2027 preset supplies the provisional February 5–12 planning window. The Macao government’s festival list corroborates February 6 as Chinese New Year’s Day; Macao’s days off are not used as mainland arrangements.
As of October 28, 2026, we have not verified a 2027 mainland State Council annual notice. Our editorial target is to verify and publish an update within 24 hours of that notice. This is a manual update target. Read the confidence labels and estimate methodology →