According to the document No.29 [80] of the former State General Administration of Labor, employees can be given one to three days' marriage leave as appropriate when they get married, subject to the approval of the administrative leaders of the unit. At the same time, according to the provisions of the notice (59) No.67 issued by the former Ministry of Labor on June 1959, employees of enterprises who take leave of marriage and funeral within three working days will be paid as usual, and now we usually call them legal employees.

At the same time, according to Article 16 of the Regulations of Beijing Municipality on Population and Family Planning (revised on 20 16), couples who are legally registered for marriage are entitled to seven days' holiday in addition to the marriage leave stipulated by the state.