2024 New Year's Day


New Year's Day, or January 1st of the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "New Year".

Yuan (元) means "beginning", and any beginning of a number is called "Yuan"; Dan (旦) means "day"; "Yuan Dan" means "the beginning day". "Yuan Dan" usually refers to the first day of the first month in the calendar.

According to the announcement from the General Office of the State Council, New Year's Day of 2024 will be a holiday from December 30th, 2023 (Saturday) to January 1st, 2024 (Monday), without any adjustment of workdays.