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Chinese people receive a day off for most public holidays．For Spring Festival and National Day，they have three days off．But people are usually71askedto work on weekends before or after the holiday72sothat they can have three or five days off in a row．
Many people choose to travel during long breaks，and this73greatlyencourages the economy（經(jīng)濟(jì)）：more money is spent and more things are sold，so companies have more profit and the economy becomes74stronger．
"I want to visit the Forbidden City．During my summer and winter holiday vacation，my parents need to work；75duringthe Spring Festival holiday，we visit my grandparents．So the Nationl Day holiday is our once-in-a-year chance，"said Huang Hanyuan，14 from Henan．
But if everyone 76takestime off in the sane days，what will happen？After the 7-day holiday，Huang Hanyuan feels77sad，but her parents find it a relief（解脫）．They visited Beijing during the break．It was overcrowded everywhere．Highways turned into parking lots．Train tickets sold out within minutes．Police helped clean jammped roads．
To make things better，people are 78callingfor more flexible（靈活的） holiday，given paid annual leave（帶薪年假），for example．
Many European79countriesmake it a law that people have at least 20 paid days off every year，and Jpanese people have at least 10．People can decide by80themselveswhen to take the time off．In this way，they can arrange trip better．
