Summer vacation: refers to the period from July to August when schools are closed for about one to two months. In China, schools usually divide each school year into two semesters. The last semester begins in mid-August or early September in autumn and ends around the end of January (or mid-January) of the following year.

At this time, the school begins to have a holiday. It is a cold winter in China, which is called winter vacation and usually ends on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. The next semester begins in mid-February in spring (the 16th day of the first lunar month) and ends in early or mid-July. The holiday is in the hottest summer in China, which is called summer vacation.

At present, the summer vacation in most schools ends at the end of August, and in some places it ends in mid-August.