Why did the May Day holiday change from seven days to three days?

Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are added as national legal holidays, and the Golden Week is cancelled, and the Spring Festival holiday is strengthened. The May Day holiday is changed from seven days to three days.

On September 18th, 1999, the State Council City, China issued the Measures for Holidays on National Holidays and Remembrances, and decided to increase public holidays. The three-day statutory holidays during the Spring Festival, the May Day and the Eleventh Day, together with the two weekends before and after the adjustment, have formed three consecutive seven-day long holidays each year, making China people's annual statutory rest days reach 114 days. And the tourism consumption fever set off by each long holiday has gradually become a new bright spot in China's economic life, which is called the Golden Week. In 24, the National Tourism Administration said that the Golden Week holiday system would not be changed in the short term.

On February 27th, 24, the president of China Renmin University suggested that traditional festivals should be added as legal holidays, the Golden Week should be cancelled, and the Spring Festival holiday should be strengthened.

in June p>25, the central authorities issued a document detailing the importance of adding New Year's Eve, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

On January 22nd, 27, the National Development and Reform Commission went to Renmin University to listen to the opinions of increasing the traditional festivals in China as legal holidays.

in February, 27, the adjustment of national legal holidays entered the stage of soliciting opinions, and the adjustment of legal holidays was ready to come. Xinhua News Agency published a long article to deeply analyze the policy background of the Golden Week adjustment.

on November 9, 27, the plan of the national legal holiday adjustment research group was published on the websites of People's Daily Online, Xinhuanet, National Development and Reform Commission, Sina, Sohu and other websites, and a public opinion survey was conducted. The main contents of the adjustment include:

1. The total number of national legal holidays is increased by one day, that is, from 1 days to 11 days.

2. Adjust the schedule of national statutory holidays: 1 day off on New Year's Day remains unchanged; The Spring Festival holiday remains unchanged for 3 days, but the start time of the holiday is adjusted from the first day of the first month of the lunar new year to New Year's Eve. "May 1" International Labor Day was changed from 3 days to 1 day, reducing by 2 days; The National Day holiday will remain unchanged for three days. Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are added as national legal holidays, each with one day off.

3. It is allowed to move up and down on weekends, which will form a continuous holiday with legal holidays.

The national legal holiday system adjustment scheme in p>27 embodies the following principles:

First, the number of legal holidays should be adapted to the stage of economic and social development.

second, the legal holiday arrangement should be conducive to carrying forward and inheriting the national traditional culture.

Third, the holiday system should be arranged to minimize the impact and impact on the economic and social operation.

fourth, the vacation system should reflect social equity, so that all citizens can enjoy the fruits of economic and social development.

5. The adjustment of statutory holidays and the arrangement of paid vacation system should fully consider the national tourism demand.

On November 27th, 213, the National Holiday Office announced three sets of arrangements for holidays on People's Daily and other websites today, and again publicly solicited opinions. Among these three schemes, there is no 7-day long holiday on May Day that some netizens expect to resume.

In December p>213, the State Council decided to make the following amendments to the Measures for Holidays on National New Year's Festivals and Remembrances: the second item of Article 2 is amended as: "There will be a three-day holiday during the Spring Festival (the first, second and third days of the first lunar month)". This decision shall come into force as of January 1, 214.

article 2 of the measures for holidays on national festivals and anniversaries? Holidays for all citizens:

(1) New Year, one day off (January 1st).

(2) Spring Festival, with a holiday of 3 days (the first day, the second day and the third day of the first lunar month).

(3) Tomb-Sweeping Day, one day off (Qingming Day in the solar calendar).

(4) Labor Day, one day off (May 1st).

(5) Dragon Boat Festival, one day off (the day of the Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar).

(6) Mid-Autumn Festival, one day off (the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the lunar calendar).

(7) National Day, with three days off (October 1st, 2nd and 3rd).