Although in nominal existence for years, paid vacations require accelerated and effective efforts of the nation to guarantee the practice.

In its recent national tourism and leisure outline (2013-20), the State Council vowed to push for the basic implementation of a system for paid days off by 2020 as a way of boosting the level of leisure and consumption among its urban and rural residents.

The system, if fully implemented, will effectively ease the traffic pressures caused by concentrated travel booms during the Golden Week holidays, such as the National Day and Spring Festival holidays. It will also facilitate the country's efforts to boost domestic demand and build itself into a consumption-led economy.