Hu Xijin, a well-known media personality, recently published a controversial proposal to revive the May Day Golden Week. He believes that the revival of this long leave system will be an effective way to alleviate the public's fatigue with compensatory leave, and he believes that it is easier to achieve than promoting paid leave and guaranteeing two days off. This proposal immediately aroused widespread social attention and heated discussions.
We need to first understand the background of Hu Xijin's proposal. At present, in China's statutory holiday arrangement, in addition to the Spring Festival, the most anticipated are the 11th National Day and May Day. However, with the development of the economy and the improvement of living standards, more and more Chinese choose to travel and relax during the holidays, which has led to a surge in people and vehicles, scenic congestion, and huge traffic pressure during the Golden Week, which has brought a lot of negative effects to the tourism experience. As a result, some believe that the existing holiday structure should be adjusted, and Hu Xijin's proposal to revive the May Day Golden Week is one of them.
From a positive perspective, the resumption of the May Day Golden Week is likely to bring a series of positive effects. First of all, for the majority of workers, adding a long vacation will undoubtedly improve their rest time and quality of life, and help relieve work pressure. Secondly, tourism is an important area to stimulate domestic demand, and the May Day Golden Week can stimulate tourism consumption, promote the development of related industrial chains, and have a certain role in promoting the economy. Finally, long vacations can also promote family reunions, which is conducive to the promotion of traditional culture and family values.
The drawbacks are just as obvious. The "holiday syndrome" caused by the long holiday will affect the production activities of some industries before and after the holiday, especially the service industry and manufacturing. In addition, large-scale movement of people is a challenge to transportation, the environment and public safety, especially in the context of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and large-scale gatherings may bring the risk of a resurgence of the epidemic.
The public response to this suggestion has also been mixed. Some people support the resumption of Golden Week as a direct means to improve people's well-being, while others oppose it, fearing that it will cause more inconvenience to their lives and work. At the same time, some experts and social observers are paying more attention to how to optimize the holiday arrangements and make them more scientific and reasonable while protecting the rights and interests of workers.
Hu Xijin's proposal provides a possible solution, but whether to adopt and implement it still needs to be discussed by the government and all sectors of society. After all, the adjustment of any holiday system is not a simple "addition and subtraction", it is related to the operation of the national economy, the maintenance of social order, and the vital interests of the people. In the future, whether it is the resumption of the May Day Golden Week, or the promotion of paid leave and the guarantee of double holidays, the key is to find a balance point, which can not only ensure the stable development of the economy, but also protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers, and ultimately achieve social harmony and progress.
Hu Xijin's proposal to revive the May Day Golden Week is a social issue worth pondering. It not only involves the optimization of the leave system, but also touches on deeper issues such as how to balance work and life, personal interests and social public interests. On this issue, every worker, policymaker, and social observer should have their voices heard and participate in the discussion and improvement of this public policy. Only in this way can we find the holiday arrangement plan that best suits the national conditions and best meets the needs of the people, so that everyone can find their own best balance between work and life.