Chinese people's increasing leisure time
Revision as of 14:40, 15 September 2009 by Gerrit ledderhof (talk | contribs)
Description
Since 1st May 1995, Chinese government started double-holiday weekends. Then in 1999, Chinese government started 7-day holiday for Labor Day, National Day and Spring Festival. People now enjoy more holidays than they did a few years ago. So they got a lot of leisure time to do some entertainment and relaxation. Internet provides them a good platform. With the wide band Internet people can watch movie online, play online games or chat with friends far away form them.
Enablers
- Abundant holidays
- Wide band Internet access
- Variety of online entertainment
Inhibitors
- Some people haven’t realized the benefits from Internet
- Some people are quite busy with other business on holidays
Paradigms
- More and more people choose to spend their holidays on playing online games
- Many people do shopping online instead of going to shopping mall
Experts
Timing
On 1st May 1995, Chinese government started double holiday weekends
In 1999, Chinese government started 7-day holiday on Labor Day, National Day and Spring Festival
Web Resources
Revision History
| March | 2005 | Created by ChongGao |
| September | 2005 | Updated by Gerrit Ledderhof |