Debate on new holiday plan escapes survey

SHANGHAI: A majority of the people who have responded to an official questionnaire favor the government's plan to overhaul the holiday calendar, according to statistics from Xinhua News Agency.

However, many people have also suggested the survey's results were inaccurate because it asked "leading questions". They pointed to the spirited debate in online forums and outright opposition in some quarters as evidence.

The overhaul plan, released last Friday, would increase the number of national holidays each year from 10 to 11. However, the week-long May Day break would be reduced to just one day and replaced by three festival-related holidays.