After the founding of New China, the State Council, the Central People's Government, designated May 1 February 1949 as the statutory Labor Day, with a national holiday. On this day every year, the whole country celebrates. People wear festive costumes and happily gather in parks, theaters and squares to participate in various celebration gatherings or cultural and recreational activities to commend workers who have made outstanding contributions.
1September, 999 18, the State Council, China, issued the Decision of the State Council on Amending the National Festival and Memorial Day, increasing the annual "May 1" statutory holiday to 7 days for the whole country.
On June 5438+February 65438+April 2007, the State Council City, China revised the National Holidays and Memorial Day for the second time, and adjusted the May Day from 7 days to 3 days. Since 2008, the May Day Golden Week has become a three-day holiday.
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Britain, France and other European countries have designated May Day as Labor Day. Many countries have a day off, while other countries place public holidays on the first Monday in May according to the situation.
However, unlike most countries in the world, although Italy recognizes the May 1 International Labor Day and the government shows respect for workers, there are no special celebrations for ordinary people and no national May 1 holiday.
Thailand promulgated the labor regulations for the first time in 1932, and then designated May 1 every year as National Labor Day to reward hard-working workers. On this day, Thailand will have a unified national holiday, and the capital and some big cities will also have related celebrations, but the scale will generally not be too large.