Multiple Regions Announce Autumn Break Dates — Mostly in Mid-to-Late November, Connecting with Weekends for 5-Day Mini-Holidays

Summer vacation hasn't even started yet, but multiple regions have already announced their autumn break schedules.

According to information released by Wuxi on June 23, the city will implement its autumn break system for the first time this fall. This year's autumn break will be from November 16 to 18, connecting with the weekend of November 14-15 to form a total of 5 days off. The break applies to all students in the city's compulsory education stage.

Earlier, on June 22, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education announced that it had issued the "Notice on Optimizing Holiday Arrangements for Primary and Secondary Schools," clearly promoting a spring and autumn break system across the province. Following the first trial of spring break this semester, autumn break arrangements for many regions have now been finalized. Compulsory education primary and secondary schools can independently arrange a 3-day autumn break between October and November based on teaching progress and seasonal characteristics, connecting with weekends to form a 5-day mini-holiday.

Among them, Nantong has confirmed that its autumn break will be connected with the weekend for a total of 5 days, specifically from November 26 to 30 (with November 28-29 being the weekend). Suqian's autumn break will be from November 14 to 18, with 3 days of autumn break linked with statutory holidays or weekends to form a 5-day mini-holiday.

According to the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, Yangzhou's autumn break this year will prioritize connecting with the Saturday and Sunday of the second week of November. Nanjing, Suzhou, Yancheng, and Zhenjiang will schedule their autumn breaks between October and November. Xuzhou and Lianyungang will arrange theirs in mid-to-late November. Huai'an's break will be in mid-November, while Taizhou's autumn break is scheduled for November.

Even earlier, Foshan in Guangdong, multiple cities in Hunan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Shandong have already announced their autumn break dates.

As early as January 30 this year, the Foshan Education Bureau announced that the 2026 autumn break for compulsory education schools would be from November 11 to 13 (Wednesday to Friday, connecting with the November 14-15 weekend to form a 5-day mini-holiday).

According to announcements from the Hunan Provincial Department of Education on April 14 and 17, Xiangtan confirmed a 3-day autumn break in 2026, around the weekend of the 2nd or 3rd week of November, connecting with a weekend to form a 5-day mini-holiday. Yueyang's autumn break is scheduled for November 18 to 20, totaling 3 days. Yiyang's autumn break will be from November 4 to 6 (3 days), connecting with the weekend of November 7-8.

Multiple regions in Yunnan also announced autumn break dates in April. For example, the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture Education and Sports Bureau announced on April 7 that the 2026 autumn break would be on November 12-13, connecting with the weekend for 4 consecutive days off. Zhaotong's Education and Sports Bureau announced on April 17 that the autumn break would be from Wednesday to Friday of the second week of November each year, with 3 days off and normal weekends. Yuxi's Education and Sports Bureau announced on April 17 the specific autumn break dates for multiple districts and counties under its jurisdiction, mostly in late November.

On May 19, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Education announced that it had jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Implementing the Spring and Autumn Break System in Primary and Secondary Schools Across the Region" with 16 other departments. The guidelines clarify that the spring and autumn break system will primarily focus on compulsory education schools (elementary and middle schools), encouraging qualified regular high schools and secondary vocational schools to gradually adopt it, with kindergartens allowed to participate by reference. The region will set one spring break and one autumn break each year, each lasting 2 to 3 days, encouraging connection with statutory holidays and weekends to form mini-holidays.

Hohhot Education Bureau announced on May 25 that kindergartens, elementary school grades 1-6, middle school grades 7-8, and high school grades 10-11 will have their autumn break from November 30 (Monday) to December 2 (Wednesday), totaling 3 days, connecting with the weekend of November 28-29.

Xilingol League Education Bureau announced on May 25 that the autumn break for elementary grades 1-6 and middle school grades 7-8 is scheduled for November 13, 16, and 17, connecting with the weekend of November 14-15.

Xing'an League Education Bureau announced on May 26 that kindergartens and compulsory education grades 1-8 will have their break from November 28 to December 2, connecting with the weekend of November 28-29 for 5 consecutive days off. High school grades 10-11 will have their break from November 28 to 30, connecting with the weekend of November 28-29 for 3 consecutive days off.

Alxa League Education and Sports Bureau announced on May 26 that kindergartens and compulsory education grades 1-9 will have a 3-day autumn break from November 30 to December 2, connecting with the weekend of November 28-29 to form a 5-day 'mini-holiday.' High school grades 10-11 will have a 1-day autumn break on November 30, connecting with the weekend of November 28-29 to form a 3-day 'mini-holiday.'

In Shandong Province, most regions have scheduled their autumn breaks in early November, connecting with the weekend of November 7-8 to form 5 consecutive days off. For example, Yantai and Weifang's autumn breaks are on November 6, 9, and 10. Rizhao and Liaocheng's breaks are from November 4-6. Binzhou, Jining, and Qingdao's breaks are on November 5, 6, and 9, all connecting with the November 7-8 weekend to form 5 consecutive days off.

Cheng Chaogong, Chief Researcher at Tongcheng Research Institute, said in an interview with The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) that the recent flexible implementation of autumn breaks across multiple regions based on local conditions is a continuation of the holiday supply reform in the cultural tourism market. In the past two years, from extending the May Day and Spring Festival holidays to the current primary and secondary school spring and autumn breaks, the stimulating effect of optimized holiday supply on cultural tourism consumption has been preliminarily verified in the first half of this year. Building on the results of spring break implementation earlier this year, regions are gradually optimizing based on previous experience, making holiday arrangements more flexible and diverse, which will further unlock family parent-child travel consumption demand.