Taiwan's 2027 Government Calendar Released: 9 Long Weekends, 7-Day Lunar New Year Holiday

(CNA Reporter Lai Yu-chen, Taipei, 21st) The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration (DGPA) today announced the 2027 (Republic of China Year 116) work calendar for government administrative agencies. The total number of days off is 121, with 9 long weekends of three days or more when combined with regular weekends. The longest holiday is the Lunar New Year, with a total of 7 days. The Children's Day and Qingming Festival holiday will be 4 days, while the remaining long weekends are all 3 days. In a press release today, the DGPA stated that the Executive Yuan has approved next year's government administrative agency work calendar. With a total of 121 days off, there will be 9 long weekends of three or more days: Founding Day of the Republic of China (3 days), Lunar New Year (7 days), Peace Memorial Day (3 days), Children's Day and Qingming Festival (4 days), Labor Day (3 days), National Day (3 days), Taiwan Retrocession and Kinmen's Guningtou Victory Memorial Day (3 days), and Constitution Day (3 days). Additionally, because Founding Day on January 1, 2028 (Year 117), falls on a Saturday, a make-up holiday will be observed on Friday, December 31, of next year. Regarding make-up holidays, as February 6th and 7th (first and second day of the Lunar New Year) of this year fall on a Saturday and Sunday, a make-up holiday will be observed on February 9th and 10th (Tuesday and Wednesday). As Children's Day on April 4th falls on a Sunday, a make-up holiday will be observed on April 6th (Tuesday), the day after Qingming Festival. According to the "Directions on Make-up Holidays and Adjusted Workdays for Government Agencies to Coordinate with Anniversaries and Festivals," if a holiday falls on a Saturday, the make-up holiday shall be on the preceding workday. If it falls on a Sunday, it shall be on the next workday. However, for Lunar New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival holidays that fall on a regular day off, the make-up holiday may be on a preceding or a subsequent workday. The DGPA emphasized that the government administrative agency work calendar applies only to civil servants in government agencies. Holidays for employees of state-owned enterprises will, in principle, follow this calendar. As for holidays for special government agencies (institutions) such as the police, fire departments, coast guard, and military, as stipulated in Article 9 of the Implementation Act, and the academic calendars for schools at all levels, these will be adjusted by the Ministry of the Interior, the Ocean Affairs Council, the Ministry of National Defense, and their respective competent educational administrative authorities as needed. Regarding holidays for private-sector employees, which involve matters related to the Labor Standards Act, the DGPA stated that they should be handled in accordance with the regulations of the competent authority for that act, the Ministry of Labor.