Guangdong returns to golden seven

GUANGZHOU: Guangdong's provincial government yesterday announced its plan to revive the May Day golden week holiday.

The government will advance the following Saturday and Sunday and add two days from the residents' annual paid holiday to the three-day vacation from May 1 to 3, which is the same nationwide, to restore golden week.

Guangdong is the first and only province in China to be given a green light to launch the pilot scheme since the government shortened the May Day holiday from seven days to three in 2007 to ease the burden of overcrowded tourist hotspots and reallocate holidays.