Lee Hyo Ri explained to China Newsweek that although extending the holiday will have an impact on other aspects, its positive value outweighs its negative value.
According to Wu Bihu, director of the Tourism Research Center of Peking University Chenghuan University, although the overall holiday level in China is higher than the world average, there is still a big gap in the implementation of the paid vacation system. He said that the increase in holidays will have a greater impact on the manufacturing industry, but at present, the proportion of the tertiary industry in China has exceeded that of the primary and secondary industries. "I think it's time to add 1-2 days of Spring Festival holiday, which is beneficial to economic development from a macro perspective."
How many days is the extension appropriate?
"If you have money, go home for the New Year." In addition to being a deputy to the National People's Congress, Lee Hyo Ri is also a part-time vice-chairman of the Anhui Feidong County Federation of Trade Unions and a dispatcher of Hefei Fenghua Auto Parts Co., Ltd. She introduced the reasons for this bill to China Newsweek:
First of all, it is difficult for people to fully feel the peaceful atmosphere of the festival and the warmth of reunion with their families during the current holiday. "We have to go back to work 1 day in advance except for the round trip time of 2 to 3 days or even 4 days, and the actual time for family reunion is only 3 to 4 days," Lee Hyo Ri said, especially for left-behind children and the elderly in rural families. It is rare for parents or children to come home from work during the Spring Festival. Some people choose not to go home because time is tight.
Secondly, it is impossible for people to arrange various activities reasonably. The Spring Festival is the happiest festival, and it is also the busiest and most stressful day, during which there are the most activities, so that "a holiday is more tiring than going to work".
Moreover, the short holidays have caused serious concentrated travel. "Now many people drive home, because the holidays are short, they can't travel at the wrong peak, and they want to drive fast, which is prone to safety accidents, causing high-speed congestion and delaying everyone's time to go home."
Finally, it is not conducive to giving full play to the promotion of holiday economy.
"China is a human society. Many people gave feedback, preferring to miss New Year's Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. They just want to have more holidays in the Spring Festival, the only traditional big festival, and get together to chat and not let their feelings fade. " Lee Hyo Ri told China Newsweek that her suggestion is to extend the Spring Festival holiday from the current seven days to about 10 days. "It is of course the best to have a real holiday, but it is also a way to take a vacation."
The desire to extend the Spring Festival holiday has become a hot topic in recent years. Not only people are concerned, but some NPC deputies and CPPCC members also call for extending the Spring Festival holiday to 9 days, 10 days and 15 days.
This time, Lee Hyo Ri, who pays attention to this topic again, has put forward relevant suggestions for the third consecutive year. "I will perform my duties in the last year of this year and finally want to try again." .
She also mentioned that the manufacturing market is not very good now. If too many holidays are added, it will bring greater pressure to enterprises, but the adjustment of 2-3 days is highly operable.
But in fact, such a "popular" motion is not controversial. Many people think that extending holidays will actually increase the operating costs of enterprises, and too long holidays will bring society to a standstill. It is better to take paid annual leave.
Is it time?
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security introduced in 20 17 that at present, in addition to 1 15 days' rest days and holidays (including 1 1 day's statutory holidays), Chinese workers can also enjoy 5- 15 days' paid vacation according to their working years.
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security also said that the Spring Festival, as the first festival of the Chinese nation, contains the meaning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and has become a cultural symbol of the Chinese nation's self-identity and an important force for rallying national feelings. However, the length of statutory holidays needs to be adapted to the economic and social development level of a country and region, and the influence of the increase of holidays on the labor cost, production and operation development of employers should be considered comprehensively.
Last year, Sun Guojun, a member of the leading group of the Research Office of the State Council, said in response to relevant questions that "extending the small holiday can really promote consumption, especially residents' tourism and leisure".
Lee Hyo Ri said that the relevant departments had previously given feedback to her suggestion, saying that some enterprises expressed opposition.
It can be seen that the crux of the problem lies in: first, the current number of holidays has been "objectively satisfied"; The second is the consideration of the continuity of economic development and the operating cost of enterprises.
In this regard, Wu Bihu, director of the Tourism Research Center of Peking University Chenghuan College, told China Newsweek that we should consider the proportional relationship between the length of holidays and the increase in operating costs of enterprises. If we mention 15 days at once, the pace will be too big. "Add a day or two, and the rest will be transferred from the weekend, which may be more in line with the medium and long-term goals."
Wu Bihu introduced that since 20 13, the proportion of tertiary industry has surpassed that of primary industry and secondary industry. During the Spring Festival, it is the slack season, which will not have much impact on agricultural development. The key lies in industry. In the past, the development of China's manufacturing industry was mainly incremental, but later it emphasized speed. At that time, a holiday may have a great impact on the production led by the whole manufacturing industry. However, with the improvement of the automation level of manufacturing industry, the number of employed people absorbed by manufacturing industry has gradually decreased. The tertiary industry, such as tourism, can bring about the expansion of employment.
He said that although China's statutory holidays of 1 1 day are higher than the average level in the world, they were written into the paid vacation system in the Labor Law more than 20 years ago, and the implementation is still unsatisfactory. "It is easiest to achieve the goal of paid vacation through the increase of legal holidays."
"We emphasize that taking a longer vacation will not have any negative impact on the overall economic development." Wu Bihu further pointed out that, for example, other people engaged in creative industries can coordinate through telecommuting.
On the eve of the two sessions, Huang Xihua, a representative of the National People's Congress, also suggested that enterprises and institutions actively promote the mixed office model, so that employees can better balance their work and family life and improve their employee well-being and satisfaction. She will submit the Proposal on Promoting the "3+2" Mixed Office Mode, explore qualified enterprises and institutions to adopt the "3+2" Mixed Office Mode, and allow employees to telecommute 1-2 days a week to better balance work and family life.
Wu Bihu said that the "mixed office" mode means that there are 1 to 2 days a week, and eligible employees can choose their own office location, whether it is home, coffee shop or resort hotel.
Nevertheless, the Spring Festival with the theme of reunion is different from other "Golden Week" with the theme of commercialization and vacation. Whether the increase of holidays can bring increment to tourism has always been a question mark.
Wu Bihu introduced that both the national "14th Five-Year Plan" proposal and the State Council's "14th Five-Year Plan" tourism plan proposed to build a number of national-level tourism and leisure cities. In recent years, he began to notice that many people choose not to go back to their hometown during the Spring Festival, but people in their hometown agree to reunite in another place for the holiday, which is good for the economy and service industry of the destination city. The increase of holidays can also promote the development of go on road trip and stimulate cities along the way. Because the Spring Festival holiday overlaps with the winter vacation of primary and secondary school students, adding three days' holiday is also beneficial for parents to increase social and economic benefits.
In his view, a moderate extension of the holiday can also preserve the core intangible cultural heritage of the Spring Festival more perfectly and completely. After the reform, the long holiday will cover one or two days before New Year's Eve, and two more custom-oriented festivals, the fifth day and the sixth day, can be retained, so as to inherit China's traditional culture more completely and form a better cultural competitive advantage with western festivals.
"Over the years, our young people like Christmas and Halloween in the west, and businesses have done a lot of packaging work," Wu Bihu said. In fact, if the Spring Festival is properly extended, it will also form the cohesion and cultural identity of the Spring Festival to the people, thus forming cultural soft power. Spring Festival, which was born in an agricultural society, should be improved to include elements of commercial society and industrial society in addition to traditional agricultural elements.
Wu Bihu said that the time has come to extend the Spring Festival holiday objectively. We might as well try it first and then calculate the total gain and loss.
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