4.Shops, museums and other public attractions, such as historic houses and sports centres, may close on certain publicholidays, particularly Christmas Day.
5.The new national public holiday plan adds three traditional festivals -- Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon-boat Festival and Mid Autumn Festival -- to the list of publicholidays.
6.Everyone needs a holiday. In almost every country, companies are required by law to give their staff paid holidays each year in addition to the normal publicholidays.
7.The survey found 73.2 percent of people believe that paid holidays cannot be guaranteed in the future and publicholidays are the only way to ensure long vacations.
10.An unnamed spokesman with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said the new plan would uphold Chinese traditions, make publicholidays better distributed and, with more people traveling on new public and paid holidays, ease overcrowding on the golden weeks.
