Public-holiday planning
- Use the planner to place annual leave immediately before or after public holidays and weekends; then confirm the exact holiday calendar and entitlement with your employer before booking.
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Paid annual leave is 5 days for more than one and less than ten years of cumulative work, 10 days for ten to twenty years, and 15 days above twenty years. Statutory holidays and rest days are not counted.
Statutory paid annual leave5 days after 1 year of cumulative work; 10 from 10 years; 15 above 20 yearsAnnual-leave context
Comparable 5-day-week equivalent5 days at year 1; 5 at 5 years; 10 at 10 yearsNormalized comparison value; see method below.
Official sourceVerifiedChina — Shanghai Government portal
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Legal basis and comparison method
Paid annual leave is 5 days for more than one and less than ten years of cumulative work, 10 days for ten to twenty years, and 15 days above twenty years. Statutory holidays and rest days are not counted.
Equivalent by service length
| 1st year / first full entitlement | 5 days |
| 2 years | 5 days |
| 5 years | 5 days |
| 10 years | 10 days |
| 20+ years | 15 days |
Simplified comparison points. Actual legal thresholds may use anniversaries, cumulative service, education credits or other rules.
Regional and calendar caveats
The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.
Official employment source: China — Shanghai Government portal. Open official guidance ↗
This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.
Planner
The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.
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