Legal analysis: 996 means: 996 working system, of which 99 means 9 am to 9 pm, and 6 means working six days a week.

Legal basis: Regulations of the State Council on Working Hours of Employees.

Article 3 Employees shall work 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week.

Article 7 State organs and institutions shall practise uniform working hours, with Saturdays and Sundays as weekly rest days.

Enterprises and institutions that cannot implement the unified working hours stipulated in the preceding paragraph may flexibly arrange weekly rest days according to actual conditions.