Tag: Chinese New Year
CNY Days and Dates 2018 – 2030
by admin on Dec.07, 2018, under China Manufacturing Blog
Chinese New Year Eve Dates, Day and Zodiac Symbol 2018 – 2030
When it comes to production in China in the early part of any year, it really is worth planning ahead.
Early each year China celebrates Chinese New Year (CNY) with production grinding to a halt, typically about a week before Chinese New Year Eve.
As it follows the Luna Calendar, the CNY date changes each year, so QPILtd has prepared a list to assist in forward planning.
If you think of the what it would be like for USA to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years eve as one holiday, it would still understate the “disruption” to business in China, each and every year for CNY.
Chinese New Year is very much a family focused holiday. As many Chinese migrate to other parts of China for work, it instigates the world’s largest annual human migration.
Please scroll down, to see links to other QPILtd posts about the effect both before and after CNY for production and shipping as well as some of the human and cultural aspects of the holiday.
To assist in your forward planning, here is a list of CNY dates through to 2030.
Year CNY Day Chinese Zodiac
2018 February 16 Friday Dog
2019 February 5 Tuesday Pig
2020 January 25 Saturday Rat
2021 February 12 Friday Ox
2022 February 1 Tuesday Tiger
2023 January 22 Sunday Rabbit
2024 February 10 Saturday Dragon
2025 January 29 Wednesday Snake
2026 February 17 Tuesday Horse
2027 February 6 Saturday Goat
2028 January 26 Wednesday Monkey
2029 February 13 Tuesday Rooster
2030 February 3 Sunday Dog
QC & Production Related
Is your Asian supply chain CNY ready? Not sure? Ask QPI Ltd.
China almost back to normal after CNY ~ will your production be OK?
General Interest around CNY
Chinese New Year in China. More than just Fireworks!
Past Posts
China Opens for Business in Year of the Monkey after CNY break
QPI wishes you the best for the year of the rabbit
QPI & other CNY closing January / February 2012
by admin on Jan.12, 2012, under Asia Business
In China, many factory and office workers have already started leaving for their CNY holiday.
Most remaining factories will close down around the weekend of Friday 13th January, and the remaining ones closing sometime during the following week.
Some offices will re-open late January, though you should not expect factories to be operating “normally” until well into February.
QPI Ltd
QPI will be continuing to operate through Chinese New Year.
Though Chinese operations will be offline Thursday 19th January – Saturday 28th January.
For urgent enquiries please email qpig@qpiltd.com as it will fwd to the UK staff as well.
QPI Ltd Shenzhen office in Guo Mao will be closed Thursday 19th January – Thursday 2nd February.
Helmut will be working remotely, though will be online less frequently than normal, and should contacted by phone / SMS for anything urgent.
For additional information about CNY and how it may impact you, please see:
Chinese New Year Dates 2011 – 2020
by Helmut Maertin - QPI Ltd on Dec.10, 2011, under Asia Business
Chinese New Year (CNY) is the major holiday in Asia which especially effects production in China.
Many factories will close some days or even a week before the CNY date listed below. They would not normally return to full production for several weeks or up to a month after the CNY date.
Year Date Symbol
2011 February 3 Rabbit
2012 January 23 Dragon
2013 February 10 Snake
2014 January 31 Horse
2015 February 19 Sheep
2016 February 8 Monkey
2017 January 28 Rooster
2018 February 16 Dog
2019 February 5 Pig
2020 January 25 Rat
For links to other QPI Ltd posts about Chinese New Year, including its affect on factory production and quality issues in China, please see:
http://www.qpiltd.com/is-your-asian-supply-chain-cny-ready-not-sure-ask-qpi-ltd
China almost back to normal after CNY ~ will your production be OK?
by admin on Mar.04, 2011, under China QC Inspection Blog
The official end to CNY is the Lantern Festival.
So that means all is back to normal right? Well maybe maybe not. As we detail below QPI Ltd is recommending additional vigilance, by way of Dupro as well as PSI to ensure you protect the investment of your production / shipment, now more than any other time in the year!
Of note, the Spring Lantern Festival in China should not be confused with the Mid Autumn festival, also referred to as a “lantern festival”, and especially popular in Singapore and other parts of South East Asia.
The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the lunar year, is the last “official” family celebration, and is typically market with a meal including Yan Xiao, or Glutinous Rice normally wrapped in bamboo or leaves.
There are many different beliefs and traditions, including the notion of having bright lanterns out to welcome the full moon, lighting the way for people out enjoying the advent of spring, and fostering relationships between families.
It was also traditional to chaperon young people with bright lanterns symbolic of good luck and prospective matchmaking.
In terms of business, it meant that the family obligation for CNY was officially over. While many people would have returned to work sooner many would not.
It was interesting to witness many of the small stores and street stalls did not reopen until a few days after the lantern festival.
You may have found factories have been returning emails since a few days after the week of “official CNY holiday”, however in many cases delays in information will be due to the fact that key personnel are still a away.
We have had some suppliers who were waiting for middle managers to return to work to quote on new products.
Even now, well into March business ranging from major factories to small cafes are still working hard to attract the staff they need to function properly.
Finally now we are finding China is gradually coming back to normal business after their major holiday.
As we warned, in our QPI Ltd CNY Alert Blog, buyers should exercise extra caution.
QPI Ltd particularly recommend additional Dupro (During Production) Inspections.
A high majority of the workers on the factory floor / production line, will be new the factory, the industry of indeed the concept of factory / production!
Many middle managers and QC managers may also be new to the factory and your product.
It could in effect mean that the factory that was producing your product so reliably last year, is now effectively (from a work force & QC perspective) producing it for the first time!
QPI Ltd, is happy to help by providing, Dupro and FRI / PSI (Final Random Inspection / Pre Shipment Inspection) at a competitive rate.
Plan ahead for future CNY holidays, with a list of Chinese New Year Dates from QPILtd up until 2030.
