Closure expectation
HighNational Day is modeled as a public holiday in China; expect office, bank, school, and service-hour changes unless a local exception applies.
Holiday guide
National Day.
Global holiday guide rooted in China's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
October 1, 2027
Friday · Asia/Urumqi
Next occurrence
October 1, 2027
Friday
Observed in
10 countries
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
China
Public
Planning timezone
Asia/Urumqi
UTC+06:00
Countdown
Next: October 1, 2027 (Friday)
National Day
329 days away328Days
22Hours
54Min
47Sec
National Day holidays usually distill state identity into one public date, whether the underlying story is revolution, modern state formation, or constitutional continuity. In the current dataset this holiday appears in 10 country calendars, with the strongest concentration in Asia (4), Africa (3), Europe (3).
Dates draw from the curated holiday catalog (tracked window 2025-2027); cultural context comes from the source-cited curation library when an entry exists.
Holiday details
Local statutory mode, country coverage, date rule, timezone spread, and related planning context for National Day.
Primary calendar
China · Public
Cultural family
secular civic holiday · East Asia
Observed scope
Nationwide observance
Coverage reach
10 countries in the current holiday dataset
Timezone context
Asia/Urumqi (UTC+06:00), Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
Next date signal
October 1, 2027 · Friday
Forward window
2025: October 1, 2025 · 2026: October 1, 2026 · 2027: October 1, 2027
Related planning set
New Year's Day · Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) · Labour Day
Regional spread
Asia 4 · Africa 3 · Europe 3
Reference posture
Country-specific editorial notes plus catalog dates
Holiday data fingerprint
The rows below are built from this holiday's actual route, country, local-name, date, rule, timezone, observed-country, and adjacent-calendar records. They make National Day in China distinct from holidays with similar names or the same season.
Route identity
national-day · National Day · China · CN
Local name and scope
国庆节 · Public · nationwide
Rule and family
secular civic holiday · East Asia · fixed-date
Country/date clusters
October 1, 2027 (3) · November 19, 2026 (1) · November 30, 2026 (1) · May 30, 2027 (1)
Observed type mix
Public: 10
Forward date window
2027: October 1, 2027 (Friday) · 2028: October 1, 2028 (Sunday) · 2029: October 1, 2029 (Monday) · 2030: October 1, 2030 (Tuesday) · 2031: October 1, 2031 (Wednesday)
Timezone anchor
Asia/Urumqi · Asia/Urumqi (UTC+06:00), Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
Calendar neighbors
previous: Mid-Autumn Festival (16 days before)
Source depth
6 reference checkpoints · Country-specific editorial notes plus catalog dates
Closure and planning risk register
The practical risk is not just the date. National Day can affect closure expectations, bridge-day leave, country-specific substitutions, cross-border date drift, and timezone reminders differently in each jurisdiction.
Date confidence
Projected tail4 forward rows are projected from a fixed-date rule after the tracked catalog window; verify long-range statutory calendars before committing.
Bridge-day pressure
FridayNational Day next falls on October 1, 2027 (Friday). Built-in long-weekend pressure because the holiday touches the weekend directly.
Cross-border drift
Split datesNational Day appears in 10 country calendars with 8 next-date clusters. Do not assume every country observes it on the China date.
Timezone handling
Multi-zoneChina has 2 timezone entries in the country record, so national observance dates should be converted through the correct city or zone for reminders.
Source posture
ReferencedNational Day has 6 visible reference checkpoints on the page. Country-specific editorial notes plus catalog dates.
Source and verification checkpoints
This page keeps the date answer separate from statutory verification. The catalog supplies the tracked date rows; the checkpoints below show which authority, story profile, local specificity, and dossier layer should be reviewed when the holiday affects bookings, payroll, travel, or public-service hours.
Country authority checkpoint
State Council annual holiday-schedule notices; Mainland China make-up working-day notices
Story and rule checkpoint
fixed holiday profile: National Day holidays usually distill state identity into one public date, whether the underlying story is revolution, modern state formation, or constitutional continuity.
Local specificity checkpoint
China's National Day marks the October 1, 1949 proclamation of the People's Republic of China and is closely tied to Golden Week travel rather than only to ceremonial state symbolism. For China, the essential planning signal is Golden Week: transport demand, tourism volume, workplace make-up days, and public-service schedules can matter more than the single October 1 date.
Dossier checkpoint
No full manual dossier is attached yet; the page keeps cultural claims bounded to the story profile, source checklist, and catalog-derived date facts.
Reference stack
- State Council annual holiday-schedule notices
- Mainland China make-up working-day notices
- Country statutory public-holiday calendar
- National civic-history references for the selected country
- Internal curated holiday catalog for tracked date rows
- countries.json and zones.json for country and timezone context
Reliability and cross-border spread
This block separates the local China holiday answer from two common sources of programmatic-calendar confusion: countries that use the same holiday name on different dates, and future rows that are projected from a rule rather than directly tracked.
Cross-border date spread
National Day has 8 next-date clusters across countries, spanning 316 days. 3 countries match the China date; 7 differ.
Projection reliability
National Day has a projectable fixed-date pattern, but projected rows are explicitly labeled and should not be treated as official statutory notices. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Observed next-date clusters
October 1, 2027
3 countries · China, Hong Kong, Nigeria
November 19, 2026
1 country · Monaco
November 30, 2026
1 country · Benin
May 30, 2027
1 country · Croatia
June 10, 2027
1 country · Portugal
August 9, 2027
1 country · Singapore
Observed type mix across countries
Public10
Local names and country context
Name in China
国庆节
The local catalog name for China is 国庆节; the English display name is National Day.
Country calendar role
National Day is recorded in China as a public holiday with nationwide scope.
Other local labels in this holiday family
History and significance
These observances tend to be formalized by the state as the clearest annual marker of nationhood, public ceremony, and shared symbolic history.
China's National Day marks the October 1, 1949 proclamation of the People's Republic of China and is closely tied to Golden Week travel rather than only to ceremonial state symbolism.
That makes them useful as practical planning dates as well as civic rituals, because closures, speeches, and public events often arrive at national scale.
National Day is marked as a nationwide observance in the current China holiday data.
For China, the essential planning signal is Golden Week: transport demand, tourism volume, workplace make-up days, and public-service schedules can matter more than the single October 1 date.
Date behavior and next years
National Day is scheduled on October 1 each year. In the tracked 2025-2027 data window, it stays on October 1 and only the weekday changes.
Because National Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | October 1, 2025 | Wednesday |
| 2026 | October 1, 2026 | Thursday |
| 2027 | October 1, 2027 | Friday |
Next 5 occurrences and weekday distribution
The first rows are taken from the tracked catalog window (2025-2027); rows after the catalog cut-off are projected forward because National Day has a fixed-date rule. Easter-cycle, lunar, and country-specific custom-rule holidays are never projected — those rows simply stop at the catalog edge.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | October 1, 2027 | Friday | Catalog |
| 2028 | October 1, 2028 | Sunday | Projected (fixed rule) |
| 2029 | October 1, 2029 | Monday | Projected (fixed rule) |
| 2030 | October 1, 2030 | Tuesday | Projected (fixed rule) |
| 2031 | October 1, 2031 | Wednesday | Projected (fixed rule) |
Projected rows assume the fixed-date rule continues to repeat the same calendar date; weekend-substitution and other statutory adjustments may shift the actual local observance day.
Seasonal placement
National Day next lands in the autumn planning band for China. That matters for school terms, travel season, and whether the holiday sits near year-end, spring religious calendars, summer travel, or autumn civic cycles.
Weekday distribution in this window
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Monday1
Sunday1
Tuesday1
Wednesday1
How National Day is observed
National Day is a secular civic anchor: its meaning is constitutional, political, or statehood-related, with little religious or seasonal content driving the date.
Searches for National Day usually want the exact date, the public-closure status in China, and a quick read of why the date is on the calendar at all.
Cultural family
secular civic holiday
Origin region: East Asia
Statutory mode
National Day is listed as a public holiday in China (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close.
Planning notes for teams, travel, and operations
As a secular civic holiday sitting in the China calendar, National Day matters for planning because office, bank, and school closures stack on the same day. The next tracked occurrence is October 1, 2027 (Friday), which controls long-weekend math for that year.
National Day also appears in other country calendars such as Benin, China, Croatia, Hong Kong, and Monaco. Recorded next dates include Benin on November 30, 2026, China on October 1, 2027, Croatia on May 30, 2027, and Hong Kong on October 1, 2027 — slight differences across borders are common because each country can apply weekend-substitution or regional-only rules to the same nominal holiday.
China spans 2 timezones for planning: Asia/Urumqi (UTC+06:00), Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00). Because National Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles. Teams often line National Day up with New Year's Day, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), and Labour Day when blocking off the broader holiday window.
Holiday planning depth
What the National Day entry signals
A compact read of the holiday catalog row: rule kind, observance scope, country reach, and what curated context (if any) is attached. Useful before deciding whether the headline date alone answers a planning question.
Calendar fingerprint
National Day is tracked as a public entry in China (nationwide). It reads as a secular civic holiday with origins in East Asia; the date follows a fixed-date rule.
Date and rhythm
Next tracked occurrence is October 1, 2027 (Friday). Forward dates: 2027: October 1, 2027 (Friday), 2028: October 1, 2028 (Sunday), 2029: October 1, 2029 (Monday), 2030: October 1, 2030 (Tuesday), and 2031: October 1, 2031 (Wednesday).
Cross-country reach
National Day appears in 10 country calendars, including Benin, China, Croatia, and Hong Kong. Adjacent planning entries on the same calendar include New Year's Day, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), and Labour Day.
Local planning anchor
China spans 2 planning timezones; Asia/Urumqi is the canonical anchor. The page treats the country-level closure rule (public) as the headline operational signal, not a generic public-holiday template.
Curation depth
No curated dossier is attached. The page still surfaces the catalog metadata but skips the source-cited cultural depth panel.
Statutory and projection cautions
Weekend substitution is country-specific: China may observe the nominal date, grant a substitute weekday, or apply regional-only rules depending on the statute and year. National Day has 8 next-date clusters across countries, spanning 316 days. 3 countries match the China date; 7 differ. National Day has a projectable fixed-date pattern, but projected rows are explicitly labeled and should not be treated as official statutory notices. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Local-name context
The local catalog name for China is 国庆节; the English display name is National Day.
Holiday calendars drift year over year as governments revise statutory observance rules; treat the tracked window as a reliable reference and verify the exact local rule before committing to long-range schedules.
Previous and next observed holidays
The closest observed holidays before and after National Day in the Chinacalendar show the local scheduling neighborhood for 2027.
Previous holiday
Mid-Autumn Festival
September 15, 2027 · Public
16 days before National Day; local label: 中秋节.
Local calendar neighborhood
These are the closest holidays around National Day in the Chinacalendar for 2027. They help separate this guide from holidays in the same season or religious/civic family.
Mid-Autumn Festival
September 15, 2027 · Public
16 days before National Day. Local label: 中秋节.
Dragon Boat Festival
June 9, 2027 · Public
114 days before National Day. Local label: 端午节.
Labour Day
May 1, 2027 · Public
153 days before National Day. Local label: 劳动节.
Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
February 6, 2027 · Public
237 days before National Day. Local label: 春节.
New Year's Day
January 1, 2027 · Public
273 days before National Day. Local label: 元旦.
Observed countries and regions
National Day appears in 10 country calendars in the current dataset.
Asia
4 countries
Africa
3 countries
Europe
3 countries
Country-by-country timing snapshot
National Day reads differently across the 10 listed jurisdictions: a secular civic holiday can carry one statutory weight in China and another in neighboring countries that copied the date but kept different observance rules.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | November 30, 2026 | Public |
| China | October 1, 2027 | Public |
| Croatia | May 30, 2027 | Public |
| Hong Kong | October 1, 2027 | Public |
| Monaco | November 19, 2026 | Public |
| Nigeria | October 1, 2027 | Public |
| Portugal | June 10, 2027 | Public |
| Republic of the Congo | August 15, 2027 | Public |
| Singapore | August 9, 2027 | Public |
| Vietnam | September 2, 2027 | Public |
Related holidays in China
Related links are selected from the same country calendar first, with family matches such as Easter-cycle or lunisolar festivals preferred before nearby-date filler.
New Year's Day
January 1, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
February 17, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
Open curated guide
Labour Day
May 1, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Dragon Boat Festival
June 19, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
Open curated guide
Mid-Autumn Festival
September 25, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
FAQ
Is National Day a public holiday in China?▾
Yes — National Day is listed as a public holiday in China on a nationwide basis.
When is National Day in China in 2027?▾
In 2027, National Day in China falls on October 1, 2027 (Friday). Subsequent dates: 2028 October 1, 2028, 2029 October 1, 2029, 2030 October 1, 2030.
How is the date for National Day determined?▾
National Day is scheduled on October 1 each year. In the tracked 2025-2027 data window, it stays on October 1 and only the weekday changes. Because National Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles.
What kind of holiday is National Day?▾
National Day is listed as a public holiday in China (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close. It reads as a secular civic holiday with origins tied to East Asia.
What is the local name for National Day in China?▾
The local catalog name for China is 国庆节; the English display name is National Day.
Where is National Day observed?▾
National Day appears in 10 country calendars in the current dataset, including Benin, China, Croatia, Hong Kong, Monaco, and more.
What timezone should I use for National Day planning in China?▾
China uses Asia/Urumqi (UTC+06:00), Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00) for local planning.
Which holidays are commonly planned alongside National Day?▾
National Day is often compared with New Year's Day, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Labour Day on the China calendar.