Guangdong vacation plan may be model

While China's legislature in Beijing mulls over rearranging the May Day holiday so it again lasts seven days, Guangdong province has adopted pilot programs to this end.

The provincial government announced last month that residents would be encouraged to take paid vacations near the three-day May Day holiday.

Helmed by the Guangdong National Travel and Recreation Program, the move is expected to effectively stretch the holiday to a full week. Last year, the central government rearranged the week of the holiday so workers got three days rather than seven days off. The trimmed days were reallocated to the dates of traditional festivals.