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NPC & CPPCC > Delegates Proposals
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Advisors call for resumption of May Day golden weekBy Wang Bo and Han Lei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-03-04 19:53 Calls are growing louder for the resumption of the seven-day Labor Day holiday, which is expected to help boost the tourism industry and domestic consumption, thus cushioning a severe economic downturn.
It is necessary for the country to reinstate the week-long holiday, said Zhang Xiqin, former vice director of the National Tourism Administration in a group discussion of the ongoing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
The three holidays are called the golden weeks, partly due to the fact that the tourism industry will get a windfall of money as millions of people flock to tourist destinations. During the past Spring Festival Holiday, the tourism industry garnered an income of 50.93 billion yuan, an increase of 23.1 percent over a year earlier. The May Day golden week was cancelled last year, due to public anger over the overcrowding of buses, railways, and tourists sites. If resumed, according to Zhang, the May Day holiday week will prove to be a boost to the economy, which is shifting from a reliance on exports to domestic consumption as plunging external demand led to big falls in exports. Huang Qingyong, another CPPCC member was also in favor of the resumption. He is drafting a proposal on this issue, earlier reports said.
An editorial of the People's Daily has called on China's top political advisory body to made due contributions to help the country weather through difficulties.
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