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6 source-backed records whose verified scope explicitly identifies China. This is an observance index, not a public-holiday calendar.

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Anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China

1 July · China / Communist Party of China founding-anniversary observance

Current Chinese official sources mark July 1 as the CPC founding anniversary; Shanghai Archives explains that July 1 is a symbolic anniversary fixed in 1941 while the First CPC National Con…

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Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

5 January opening date · Harbin, Heilongjiang, China / international municipal ice-and-snow festival

Chinese government sources document successive Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival openings on January 5, including the 40th edition in 2024, 41st in 2025 and 42nd in 2026.

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Lantern Festival (元宵节 / Yuanxiao Festival)

3 March 2026; traditionally the 15th day of the first lunar month · China / traditional festival, with Beijing government 2026 date evidence

Beijing municipal cultural authorities: fifteenth day of first lunar month; March 3 only for 2026

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National Day

1 October · China

China’s central government states that October 1 is National Day, that the Central People’s Government adopted the National Day resolution on December 2, 1949, and that current national-hol…

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Qixi Festival (Double Seventh Festival)

7th day of the seventh lunar month · China / traditional Qixi festival

Chinese government portals describe Qixi as falling on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month; Shanghai's 2026 page gives August 19 for that year's edition.

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Serfs' Emancipation Day

28 March · Tibet Autonomous Region, China / government-designated commemoration

The Tibet Autonomous Region legislature adopted March 28 as Serfs' Emancipation Day on January 19, 2009; contemporaneous official reporting verifies the first 2009 observance and regional g…