Golden Week in the mainland of the People's Republic of China is the name given to three annual 7-day national holidays:

The "Spring Festival (or Chinese Lunar New Year) Golden Week" begins in January or February.

The "Labour Day Golden Week" begins on May 1st (May Day).

The "National Day Golden Week" begins on October 1st.

Three days paid holiday are given, and the surrounding weekends are re-arranged so that workers in Chinese companies always have seven continuous days of holiday. These national holidays were first started by the government for PRC's National Day in 1999 and are primarily intended to help expand the domestic tourism market and improve the national standard of living, as well as allowing people to make long-distance family visits. The Golden Weeks are consequently periods of greatly heightened travel activity.