Holidays
Chinese New Year 2027 in Taiwan, China: Public Holidays
China's Taiwan region gives the festival five statutory days in 2027, and two of them land on a weekend, which buys back two more. The result is seven consecutive days, 4 to 10 February.
The days, as the instrument lists them
Each row is a date the source document names. A substitute is not a holiday in its own right — it exists because another day of the festival fell on a rest day.
- Days named
- 5
- In the instrument itself, before any substitution
- Working days lost
- 5
- Days off the job, not days on a calendar
- Longest run
- 7
- February 4 to February 10
| Date | Day | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| February 4 | Thursday | Statutory holiday |
| February 5 | Friday | Statutory holiday |
| February 6 | Saturday | Statutory holiday |
| February 7 | Sunday | Statutory holiday |
| February 8 | Monday | Statutory holiday |
| February 9 | Tuesday | Substitute(stands in for February 6) |
| February 10 | Wednesday | Substitute(stands in for February 7) |
Where the difference comes from
The five days are the eve of New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, and the first three days of the lunar year. In 2027 the first day is Saturday 6 February and the second is Sunday 7 February. A holiday that falls on a Saturday is made up on the working day before, one that falls on a Sunday on the working day after; for the festival either direction is allowed. The two substituted days land on 9 and 10 February, so the block runs from Thursday to the following Wednesday.
The calendar is issued for government offices, and state-owned enterprises follow it by default. Private employers fall under the Labour Standards Act, which fixes the same festival days but leaves the swapping to agreement — so seven days is what the state observes and what most companies copy. No Saturday is worked to pay for it, anywhere in 2027.
The same Saturday, six answers
6 February 2027 is a Saturday in all six places. What happens when a holiday lands on a weekend is a local rule, and the rules disagree: the spread below runs from nothing to five working days.
| Jurisdiction | Longest run | Working days lost |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwan, China | 7 | 5 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 |
| Hong Kong, China | 4 | 2 |
| the Philippines | 2 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 |
Source
Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, 2027 office calendar · Published May 21
https://www.dgpa.gov.tw/information?pid=12982&uid=30
Dates are transcribed from the instrument named above, not from a commercial calendar. Nothing here is projected from the year before.
What people ask about this date
How many days is Chinese New Year in China's Taiwan region in 2027?
Seven: 4 to 10 February. Five are statutory — the eve of New Year's Eve through the third day — and two are substitutes for the first and second days, both of which fell on the weekend.
Do private companies have to follow the seven-day calendar?
No. The government calendar covers public offices. Private employers follow the Labour Standards Act, which sets the same festival days but not the substitutions, so a company can legally run a shorter break.