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Public holiday windows that change how a Chinese warehouse behaves
A warehouse closure and a capacity crunch look identical from a tracking page. This separates the two by direction and by cause.
A date you are considering
Inside a known window
- Spring Festival — 2027-02-04 to 2027-02-20. Affects both directions. Chinese public holiday period; sellers, warehouses and domestic couriers close for part of it.
| Window | From | To | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Festival | 2027-02-04 | 2027-02-20 | Both |
| Labour Day holiday | 2027-05-01 | 2027-05-05 | Both |
| Mid-Autumn and National Day | 2027-09-29 | 2027-10-07 | Both |
| Singles’ Day peak | 2027-11-01 | 2027-11-15 | Into warehouses |
| Double Twelve peak | 2027-12-10 | 2027-12-14 | Into warehouses |
| Western year-end peak | 2027-11-20 | 2027-12-24 | Leaving China |
This marks windows from the public calendar and states which direction each one affects. It does not predict how many days a given year adds — congestion varies too much between years for any figure to be honest.
Check the list before the window opensWhat this tool does not do
It marks windows from the public calendar. It does not predict how many days a given year’s congestion adds — that varies too much to state.
Where the inputs come from. A date you are considering for a purchase or a shipping request.
Target question. This page is written to answer the search phrase “chinese new year shipping delays taobao”. It does not try to answer the questions that belong on the stage pages or the topic pages.