Public holidays in Taiwan

The holidays were removed due to a political compromise arising from a campaign promise Tsai made while running for president that committed her government to providing two days off per week for all workers.

[1] When implementing the change, the government faced opposition from various interests including businesses, and a compromise was reached to provide two days off per week and remove seven paid public holidays.

Kuomintang legislators said they would seek to reinstate the holidays by amending labor regulations.

The Democratic Progressive Party caucus suggested the proposal was populist.

Before 1949, a number of public holidays were celebrated by certain ethnic minorities in regions within the ROC, which were decided by local governments and entities.