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Last November the State Council of China decided to renew its holiday system by reduc-ing the seven-day May Day holiday to three days and introducing three new one-day public holidays,namely the Qingming Festival,Dragon Boat Festival and Moon Festival.By doing so,the three golden-week holidays that were introduced in 1999,namely the Spring Festival,May Day and National Day,could be better distributed.The New Year's Eve holiday would remain one day.The new holiday plan was supposed to take effect in 2008.Therefore,the first minor May Day holiday was to be welcomed on May 1 this year.The slimed three-day holiday passed quickly.The nationwide heated tourism didn't recur in this holiday; people were not so enthusiastic as before.A shortened May Day holiday did relieve the pressure on both scenic spots and traffic but also increased the complexity of holiday planning.