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Holiday, paid vacation plan approved

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BEIJING, Dec. 9 - China's State Council on Friday approved in principle a draft plan on adjusting its national holidays and a set of regulations on paid vacations.

The final plan and regulations will be promulgated¹ after further revisions.

According to the draft plan on national holidays, made public in early November for public discussion, three traditional festivals are added as national holidays.

According to the draft plan, New Year's Day remains² a one-day holiday. The Spring Festival remains a three-day holiday, but it will now start a day earlier from the eve of the Spring Festival, also known as the lunar New Year.

The National Day golden week will remain unchanged.

The May Day golden week will be replaced by a one-day holiday.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon-Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival shall all become one-day national holidays.

The proposal will increase the number of legal national holidays from 10 to 11 days.

The tradition of designating weekends on one side of the three main holidays as two working days still continues, so people enjoy seven consecutive³ days off. In future, New Year's Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, May Day, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival will become holidays of three days each.

According to the draft regulations on paid vacations, also made public in early November for public discussion, all employees of government organs, civil organizations, enterprises, and public-service institutions are entitled to take paid vacation after serving the same employer for one year.

Employees who have worked from one to ten years would have five days paid vacation; those who have worked for ten to 20 years would have ten days; and those with more than 20 years 15 days. Legal holidays and weekends will not be included as paid vacation.

However, the paid vacation time would be deducted⁴ from winter and summer vacations, which some professions were entitled to.

They shall also be deducted from vacations designed for employees to visit their parents or spouses⁵, if they are not living in the same city, according to the draft.

The draft stipulates⁶ that "employees should enjoy their full daily salary and welfare during the vacation just as when they are working".

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1 promulgated
v.宣扬（某事物）( promulgate的过去式和过去分词 )；传播；公布；颁布（法令、新法律等）
参考例句：
Hence China has promulgated more than 30 relevant laws, statutes and regulations. 中国为此颁布的法律、法规和规章多达３０余项。来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书 The shipping industry promulgated a voluntary code. 航运业对自律守则进行了宣传。来自辞典例句

2 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 consecutive
adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的
参考例句：
It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。 The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

4 deducted
v.扣除，减去( deduct的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages. 制服费将从你的工资中扣除。 The cost of the breakages will be deducted from your pay. 损坏东西的费用将从你的工资中扣除。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 spouses
n.配偶，夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。来自辞典例句 An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。来自辞典例句

6 stipulates
n.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的名词复数 )；规定，明确要求v.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的第三人称单数 )；规定，明确要求
参考例句：
The trade contract stipulates for the settlement of balances in RMB. 贸易合同规定余额以人民币结算。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 The contract stipulates for the use of seasoned timber. 合同上订明用干透的木料。来自辞典例句

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