Chinese New Year 2018

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Chinese New Year 2018

Posted February 8, 2018

The Chinese New Year officially begins on February 16, 2018 and ends on March 2, 2018. While the official holiday only lasts for around a week to ten days, most factories are closed for an entire month. With severe delays to be expected once they open up again in March.

CNY 2018 Timeline

• February 9th: Many workers have already left the factories. Sales reps, engineers and management may still be around for a couple of days more.

• February 13th: All personnel has left the factory

• February 16th: Chinese New Years

• March 6th: Employees, mostly sales reps and some engineers, start to come back. Some may have extended holidays.

• March 13th: Most employees, including assembly line workers, are back in the factories.

• March 28th: Operations are getting back to normal after the Post-CNY disruption.

Headwin China will be running skeleton staff to deal with any urgent matters or emergencies.

We will make every effort to ensure minimal disruption to your supply chain during this timeframe.