The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration of the Republic of China published the 2020 (ROC year 109) government office calendar, featuring the number sequence 7344433 representing the number of consecutive holiday days in each month of the Year of the Rat. In other words, people in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu will have 7 long weekends of at least three days each in 2020.

The longest holiday this year is still the 7-day Lunar New Year break, though it is two days shorter than the 2019 spring break, and the new year comes quite early in January. In addition, if you can take January 30 and 31 off, you can connect it to the New Year holiday and enjoy an 11-day break.

In the government office calendar officially released by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, Executive Yuan, we can see that the total number of days off in 2020 (ROC year 109) reaches 115 out of 365 days.

This year the total number of long weekends of three days or more reaches 7. Apart from the Lunar New Year holiday, Children’s Day and National Tomb Sweeping Day (Qingming Festival, Children’s Day), the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival each have four-day breaks.

In addition, apart from late January, where the Lunar New Year holiday makes the whole month’s days off reach 14, April and June—despite having Children’s Day and Tomb Sweeping Day and the Dragon Boat Festival—are shortened to ten days this year compared with 11 days last year. The only other month with a longer break is October, with 12 days off, making it a relatively leisurely month.

As for those who want to take leave from work to enjoy super-long holidays, they may be disappointed: apart from the Lunar New Year in January, you need to take at least three days off to bridge a whole week. If you want to challenge your boss’s eye-rolling limit, try taking leave in January, March to April, June, and October.

2020 (ROC year 109) work and holiday calendar (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu)

The editor suggests arranging your Lunar New Year spring break trip as early as possible; otherwise you won’t be able to buy tickets and will only be able to watch others travel on Facebook (isn’t it too early to think about holidays?). I hope everyone can make good use of these long weekends around various commemorative days and festivals to enjoy life more amid a busy work schedule.

2020 Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu Long Weekend Schedule

  1. Lunar New Year holiday (lunar January 1 to January 3): January 23 to January 29, 2020, 7 days in total.
  2. February 28 Peace Memorial Day: February 28 to March 1, 2019, 3 days in total.
  3. Children’s Day and National Tomb Sweeping Day (Qingming Festival, Children’s Day): April 2 to April 5, 2019, 4 days in total.
  4. Dragon Boat Festival (lunar May 5): June 25 to June 28, 2019, 4 days in total.
  5. Mid-Autumn Festival (lunar August 15): October 1 to October 4, 2019, 4 days in total.
  6. Republic of China National Day: October 9 to October 11, 2019, 3 days in total.

Make-Up Holidays, Adjusted Holidays, and Adjusted Workdays for Commemorative Days and Festivals

  • Lunar New Year’s Eve and Spring Festival (1/24–1/27): make-up holiday on January 28 and 29 (Tuesday, Wednesday), adjusted holiday on January 23 (Thursday), adjusted workday on February 15 (Saturday).
  • Children’s Day and National Tomb Sweeping Day (4/4): make-up holiday on April 2 and 3 (Thursday, Friday).
  • Dragon Boat Festival (6/25): adjusted holiday on June 26 (Friday), adjusted workday on June 20 (Saturday).
  • Mid-Autumn Festival (10/1): adjusted holiday on October 2 (Friday), adjusted workday on September 26 (Saturday).
  • National Day (10/10): make-up holiday on October 9 (Friday).

The chart below is designed based on the condition of “long weekends of three days or more.” Ordinary two-day Saturday and Sunday holidays are not included to keep the chart readable. These include:

2020 (ROC year 109) long weekend distribution chart

The editor reminds everyone that this holiday schedule is based on the official annual calendar for civil servants and only schedules make-up holidays for “commemorative days” and “major folk festivals.” For example, Labor Day (May 1) in 2016 happened to fall on a Sunday, so there was no make-up holiday. Therefore, please refer to each company’s own schedule for actual days off.

Details of Relevant Holiday, Make-Up Holiday, and Make-Up Workday Rules in the Republic of China:

  • According to Article 5, Paragraph 2, Subparagraph 1 of the “Implementation Measures for Commemorative Days and Festivals,” Children’s Day and National Tomb Sweeping Day are each a day off; when they fall on the same day, the preceding day is a holiday. Also, Article 5 of the same measures
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