Netizens support extending holiday
By Li Yao | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-09 07:58
Beijing - The public has responded with vigorous support for an NPC deputy's proposal to extend the Spring Festival holiday from three days to 10.
More than 78 percent of about 27,600 respondents to a poll on www.people.com.cn voted in favor of the idea of Li Jing, who is also the mayor of Meishan city in Southwest China's Sichuan province.
Li said the lunar new year festival holiday was too short for family reunions, especially for the nation's 220 million migrant workers.
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