Chinese people's increasing leisure time

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Paradigms

• More and more people choose to spend their holidays on playing online games
• Changes in Chinese consumption and spending
  • Many people do shopping online instead of going to shopping mall
• Increased emphasis on sport in China
  • Beijing Olympics

Timing

November 1994	Chinese Ministry of Education issued Opinion on Comprehensively Carrying Out the Educational Policy that Lightens the Schoolwork Burden of Elementary and Middle School Students
May 1995	Chinese government started double holiday weekends
1999	Chinese government started 7-day holiday on Labor Day, National Day and Spring Festival
June 2000	Chinese General Office of the State Council issued Notice about Strengthening the Construction and Management of Young People's Activity Venues
2003	China's GDP per capita exceeded US$1000, which is regarded as a solid economic basis for more holidays
2004	Government implements requried daily leisure hour for students
March 2004	Ministry of Culture and State Cultural Relics Bureau ordered every museum and gallery to offer free tickets to minors under 18 and 50% student discounts
July 2008	Beijing hosts the Summer Olympics

Web Resources

1. "Leisure-time Activities", All-China Youth Federation
2. "Chinese youth have more leisure time", English.Jschina.com.cn
3. "The Ideological Straightjacket on Leisure Time in China Comes Off", NISSI
4. "Chinese find ways to while away leisure time", News Guangdong

Revision History

March	2005	Created by ChongGao
September	2009	Updated by Gerrit Ledderhof