When will the two-and-a-half-day holiday be implemented? Should the two-and-a-half-day holiday be implemented?

Introduction: The two-and-a-half-day holiday has once again been a hot topic because the current situation requires a two-and-a-half-day holiday to promote tourism consumption and enhance the country's economic capacity. The two-and-a-half-day holiday is not new now. It has been proposed a long time ago, but it has only been tried out in some cities and has not been promoted nationwide. So, when will the two-and-a-half-day holiday be implemented? Should it be implemented? Come with me and take a look.

When will the two-day and a half holiday be implemented?

The two-day and a half holiday will be implemented in August 2015. The specific implementation time depends on the official announcement of each place.

The state issued "Several Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further Promoting Tourism Investment and Consumption" on August 4, 2015, and implemented a 2.5-day vacation model, that is, a short vacation on Friday afternoon + weekend. .

Should a two-and-a-half-day holiday be implemented?

Implementing a two-and-a-half-day holiday allows residents to have more time to travel. There is no need to squeeze in the Golden Week and short holidays, so it is implemented This model is to promote residents’ tourism consumption and cannot allow the two-and-a-half-day holiday to become a day for more rest when returning home from get off work. The following is the implementation status in recent years.

Implementation status

2015

On August 11, 2015, Changsha Ningxiang County Tourism Bureau issued a notice on its official website, stating that it was the first to trial summer tourism "2.5 days short vacation".

On August 12, 2015, Shangrao, a major tourist city in Jiangxi Province, issued the "Notice on Implementing a Two and a Half Days Holiday on Summer Weekends." From now on, the city will implement a two and a half day holiday on summer weekends. Fake.

The human resources department of Dada Group issued a notice and decided that starting from August 17, all branches of the company will implement short holidays and work four and a half days a week.

Since November 2015, Hebei, Jiangxi, Chongqing and other places have successively issued opinions clearly proposing to encourage the 2.5-day vacation model.

On November 9, the "Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the Hebei Provincial People's Government on Further Promoting Tourism Investment and Consumption" was announced. The opinions stated: Encourage qualified units to implement the "2.5" on Friday afternoons and weekends. "It's a short day and a long holiday" to create favorable conditions for employees to travel.

On November 26, the "Implementation Opinions of the People's Government of Jiangxi Province on Accelerating the Reform of the Tourism Industry to Promote Tourism Investment and Consumption" was released. The opinions stated: Encourage qualified regions and units to implement flexible work and rest systems based on actual conditions. , optimize and adjust summer work and rest arrangements in accordance with the law, and create favorable conditions for employees to go out for leisure and vacation on Friday afternoons and weekends.

On December 1, the "Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government on Promoting Tourism Investment and Consumption" was issued. The opinions stated: Encourage agencies, enterprises and institutions to optimize and adjust summer work and rest arrangements in accordance with the law, and provide employees with weekly Combining five afternoons with weekends to go out for leisure and vacation creates favorable conditions.

New regulations on "2.5-day mini-holidays" have been implemented in various places this year. Recently, Hebei, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Gansu and other places have introduced implementation details to implement the paid leave system for employees, encourage flexible work and rest, and encourage Off-peak vacations will stimulate tourism consumption demand. Among them, the "2.5-day mini-long holiday" measures introduced by various places on Friday afternoons and weekends have particularly aroused social concern.

Merchants’ reaction

With the promulgation of the opinions, major online travel e-commerce companies responded very quickly, sending red envelopes and reducing prices, taking advantage of the "2.5 Dongfeng’s short vacation once again successfully attracted attention.

Ctrip has launched a variety of "Friday afternoon + weekend" travel routes and thousands of "weekend travel" products with high subsidies.

Qunar.com’s red envelope for short wigs for 2.5 days has a face value of 100 yuan each. Consumers can receive it through both PC and wireless channels. This move has increased the search volume of Qunar’s “weekend travel” products. 15% increase.

Tongcheng Travel has recently established a peripheral free travel division to dig into the demand for weekend travel, and launched the "2.5-day light travel" product for the first time in the industry, which can be self-driving or high-speed rail for a distance of about 300 kilometers. Direct destinations and red envelopes for cash reduction.

2016

On April 1, 2016, the 2.5-day vacation is coming from paper into reality. Starting from April 1, Jinzhong City in Shanxi Province and Ji'an City in Jiangxi Province have officially implemented the 2.5-day vacation model. Staff in government agencies and institutions in these two places can enjoy two Friday afternoon off-day arrangements a month. In order to avoid affecting the work of the masses, both places have proposed relevant measures, requiring that flexible breaks should not affect the normal operation of work.

Eight provinces issued documents encouraging 2.5 days of vacation

In August 2015, the General Office of the State Council issued "Several Opinions on Further Promoting Tourism Investment and Consumption". For the first time, it is proposed to encourage 2.5 days off on "Friday afternoons and weekends".

Since then, various regions have responded actively, and eight provinces including Hebei, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Gansu, Liaoning, Anhui, Shaanxi, and Fujian have officially issued opinions, clearly proposing to encourage qualified places and units to implement 2.5 Day off mode.

In terms of implementation time, most of them are concentrated in spring, summer and autumn. Some span summer and autumn, such as Qiannan Prefecture in Guizhou from May 1 to October 31, Shangrao City from June 1 to August 31, and Ningxiang County Tourism Bureau in Hunan from July 1 to October 31. on April 1st; some span the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, such as Ji'an City and Jinzhong City, which last for 7 months from April 1st to October 31st.

2019

In January 2019, the General Office of the Hebei Provincial Government issued the "Implementation Plan of Hebei Province on Improving the System and Mechanism for Promoting Consumption (2019-2020)" to encourage consumption where conditions permit. Some regions are exploring the policy and measures of implementing a “2.5-day mini-long holiday” on Friday afternoons and weekends.

2020

In March 2020, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Longnan City in Gansu Province successively implemented a 2.5-day holiday system to stimulate consumption.

Jiangxi Province has proposed a trial implementation of a 2.5-day flexible weekend schedule in the second quarter, requiring all local units to optimize work arrangements based on actual conditions, and actively guide cadres and employees to go out for leisure and vacation on weekends. The working hours reduced by the flexible schedule can be made up by extending the length of other working days.

Longnan City, Gansu Province encourages vacation consumption and requires all administrative institutions to encourage other employees to take vacations and travel every Friday afternoon after completing their work tasks and arranging the personnel on duty. Strictly implement the paid leave system, and no department or unit shall cancel or reduce the leave of cadres and employees for any reason. At the same time, it is necessary to rationally arrange compensatory leave on duty during the epidemic prevention and control period to ensure the physical and mental health of cadres and employees and drive continued growth in consumption.

On March 24, Zhejiang Province issued the "Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government on Boosting Consumption and Promoting Stable Economic Growth." Encourage the implementation of a 4.5-day flexible working week, and support qualified agencies, social groups, enterprises and institutions to implement a paid leave system.

On April 11, Nanjing held a mobilization conference for the "Four New" actions to combat the epidemic, expand domestic demand and stabilize growth, proposing to "cultivate new consumption, build a nighttime economic brand, and trial a 2.5-day rest system per week."

On April 14, Sichuan creatively proposed the idea of ??"encouraging paid vacations to be taken consecutively with May Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival and other short holidays to create a new Golden Week."