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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Taiwan

The list of Taiwan bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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05 Dec 2008 (The China Post-Taipei) Comments attributed to Taiwan's Premier, Liu Chao-shiuan, would seem to indicate a new official policy of Friday bridge public holidays that would extend beyond the upcoming January 2 bridge public holiday. • 02 Dec 2008 (Taiwan News-Taipei) Earlier today, Taiwan's Central Personnel Administration announced that Friday, January 2, 2009, will be a one-off extra holiday to bridge the gap between January 1st and the week-end. • 21 Sep 2007 (The China Post) The Ministry of the Interior is planning to designate October 24 (the day when the U.N. Charter came into force in 1945) as "Taiwan's United Nations Day", although it will not count as a national public holiday. • 18 Sep 2007 (Reuters) All financial markets and institutions in Taiwan will be closed on Tuesday, September 18, 2007, due to Typhoon Wipha. • 13 Sep 2007 (Central Personnel Administration) The Central Personnel Administration announced the working schedule and public holidays list for all government agencies and schools for 2008. • 11 Jul 2007 (Radio Taiwan International) Taiwan's Legislature declared Sunday, July 15, 2007, as a Memorial Day to mark the twentieth anniversary of the end of martial law. • 24 May 2007 (Taipei Times) President Chen Shui-bian recently reacted cautiously to, while not dismissing it offhand, the suggestion that Taiwan declare October 25 as a new public holiday. • 28 Dec 2006 The ruling Democratic Progressive Party and the the opposition Kuomintang Party are slowly moving towards an agreement on a two-in-one election (both Presidential and Legislative Elections), on the same date of January 19, 2008. • 03 Oct 2006 The Executive Yuan has announced that October 9, 2006 is a public holiday and October 14, 2006 (Saturday) a normal business day in Taiwan. This is to allow an extended period of public holiday. • 24 Feb 2001 (The Taipei Times) Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng announced yesterday that the 228 Memorial Day will remain a public holiday this year, despite his proposal of last October to the Legislative Yuan to turn the February 28 annual public holiday into a regular work day in order to help make up for work days lost under the new five-day workweek policy. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Taiwan public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekend Public Holidays: When the Memorial public holidays and the Festival public holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday, a deferred day off is not allowed. However, Chinese New Year and Chinese New Year's Eve are exempted from this regulation. The regulations for deferred holiday for Labor Day and the Military Memorial Days or other deferred days are determined by the Central Agency Responsible. • Bridge Holidays are sometimes declared on Mondays or Fridays to be able to have an extra long holiday period that would then include a weekend. Work Saturdays are often then declared in order to make up for these extra public holidays. In Taiwan, the Work Saturdays seem to almost always be the Saturday of the following week. This practice, however, seems to have been suspended for calendar year 2008. • 2007 Work Saturdays: March 3, April 14, June 23, September 29. • Non-Official Holidays: The following are not official public holidays, but companies can give their employees a day off at their discretion: •Youth Day (Mach 29) • Women and Children's Day (April 4) •Buddha's Birthday •Confucius' Birthday or Teacher's Day (Sept. 28) •Retrocession Day (Oct. 25) •Chiang Kai Sek's Birthday (Oct. 31) •Sun Yet Sin's Birthday (Nov. 12) •Constitution or Christmas Day (Dec. 25). • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Taiwan, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Taiwan, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Taiwan, before planning any trip to Taiwan. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.