□ Li Xiaolong, Commentator of this newspaper With the "May Day" holiday approaching, the "compensatory holiday" came as scheduled, and the topics related to it once again became a hot search and triggered extensive discussions. In the past few days, such views as "May Day is actually only one day off," "Voices opposing 'compensatory holidays' cannot pretend not to be heard," "Holidays are by no means holidays," and "Can the media call for a halt to compensatory holidays?" have pushed the question of "whether holidays should be 'compensated'" to the forefront. In fact, the controversy about "compensatory holidays" has been around for a long time, and every time the "holiday arrangement" is released, there are also voices complaining about "compensatory holidays", and "May Day has only one day off" is not a special case this year. According to media reports, in a 2022 "Proposal on Further Optimizing the Arrangement of Statutory Holidays in China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Proposal"), it was mentioned that according to incomplete statistics, after the introduction of the "compensatory leave" arrangement every year, more than half of the respondents did not agree with the "compensatory leave" for the purpose of making up for long vacations, and about seventy percent of them hoped that the normal work and rest time would be arranged without "compensating for the holiday". I hope that the point of view of not "compensating for holidays" is that seconding weekends and making up holidays disrupts the rhythm of work and life, and it will be difficult to travel, buy tickets, and accommodation when traveling. However, it can also be seen from the data in the "Proposal" that in fact, there are not a few respondents who support "compensatory leave". Those in favor believe that "there is a realistic need for a long vacation, even if it has 10,000 kinds of badness, it is better to have it than not to have it." "People who don't like long vacations can 'fine-tune' personally, but they can't call for depriving others of their right to long vacations." "The holiday schedule is always controversial, and the decisions of experts are often criticized. Therefore, this year, after analyzing the drawbacks brought about by the "compensatory leave", some viewpoints pointed out: "When the 'compensatory holiday' arrangement makes the masses complain continuously, it should be adjusted as soon as possible." Voices opposing the 'adjustment of leave' cannot be pretended not to be heard. In terms of whether the authoritative departments respond to the voices of the masses, in fact, as early as the day of the introduction of the "2024 partial holiday arrangement", the interpretation of the relevant highlights of the official Weibo of the National Development and Reform Commission can be regarded as a positive response to the issue of "holiday adjustment". The article mentions that "compensatory leave" is a topic of general concern to the public in the holiday arrangement, and whether to "compensate for leave" and how to "compensate for leave", the views of the public are quite different. In general, it is better to "compensate for leave" than not to "compensate for leave", and it has to be adjusted. If you don't do "compensatory holidays", basically every year, there will be an interval of 1 working day between some holidays and weekends, resulting in "fragmentation" of holidays, etc., then it is not "tired and not loved", but "tired and not loved". As can be seen from the above, it is difficult to meet everyone's wishes, regardless of whether they are "compensated" or not. And judging by the response of the authoritative department, at least for a short time, the "compensatory leave" will not be canceled. Because "'compensatory leave' is better than not 'compensating off', and it has to be adjusted." From the perspective of stimulating consumption, no matter how much consumers complain about "people following the crowd", but during every holiday, the tourism, catering, leisure and entertainment industries will usher in a consumption boom, which also shows that the continuity of the holiday directly drives the concentrated release of tourism and other related consumption. In fact, whether it is for "compensatory leave" or against "compensatory leave", it reflects the real demand of the public for holiday adjustment. In the short term, since the "compensatory holiday" will continue to exist, it is necessary to consider how to "adjust" to better meet the needs of more people. It can be seen from the interpretation of the relevant highlights of the official Weibo of the National Development and Reform Commission that the state has taken action in responding to public calls and coordinating and optimizing the "compensatory leave" system. For example, "Highlight 1: 9 days, the longest Spring Festival holiday in history", the interpretation mentions, "In 2024, the Spring Festival will have at least 8 days off, from the first day of the new year to the eighth day of the new year, and if it is combined with paid leave, you can take 9 days off...... This is an innovative and heart-warming move on the basis of the provisions of the "Measures for Holidays on National Festivals and Memorial Days". Objectively speaking, this "compensatory holiday" is worthy of praise. We should also see that the formulation and implementation of the "compensatory leave" system also needs to comprehensively consider a variety of factors, such as the characteristics of the industry, the nature of the work, etc., especially for those workers who stick to special positions and cannot enjoy the same leave rights, it is necessary to make some humane design and adjustment, in these aspects, we hope to see the introduction of real measures. In the long run, more and more calls are directed to the "adjustment" of statutory holidays. "Appropriately increasing holidays, it is indeed worth looking forward to taking a 'Golden Week' without taking a holiday. "Put the holidays more calmly and give the public a more relaxed attitude and time arrangement. This is conducive to the sense of national happiness and is more conducive to promoting the development of the consumer economy. "The mainland currently has 11 days of statutory holidays, after several adjustments, the statutory holiday rest time finally became the Spring Festival and National Day two 7-day "Golden Week", 5 small long holidays, of which "May Day" is 5 days, New Year's Day, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival is 3 days each. In 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly issued the "National Tourism and Leisure Development Outline (2022-2030)", which proposes to "optimize the time distribution pattern of national festivals and statutory holidays to better meet the needs of the people for a better life." "If we focus on the well-being of the people, instead of being entangled in the "compensatory holiday", we can indeed increase the number of statutory holidays by optimizing and appropriately increasing the number of statutory holidays, which can indeed give the people a sense of gain and happiness.
In addition, it is necessary to put in place strong measures to ensure that the paid leave system is truly implemented. Last year, the General Office of the State Council forwarded the "20 Measures to Restore and Expand Consumption", mentioning that "the paid leave system will be fully implemented, and off-peak vacations and flexible work and rest will be encouraged to promote holiday consumption." "How to implement this institutional arrangement well cannot just stop at slogans.
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