China's young people seem to have a lot more time on
their hands according the China Youth Research Center and Central Committee of
Communist Youth League of China.
Students in China have no regular school classes for
160 days every year according to the jointly released report on China's youth
development.
The five-day school week was adopted when China
reduced the work week from six days to five in 1995. On top of weekends without
regular class, China's youth also enjoy three seven-day holidays which fall
around May first, the Labor Day; October 1, the country's National Day and
traditional Spring Festival, or Chinese lunar new year.
Leisure time has also increased with the advent of
modern technology which has reduced the burden of housework, the report said.
With the extra spare time China's students are
finding more free time for extra-curricular activities,the report added.
Despite the extra days off from regular classes,
China's students face tremendous pressure to get good scores if they hope to
attend university. Most students in fact attend extra classes on weekends and
throughout the summer.
