Weekend refers to the time when people usually rest on Saturday and Sunday, including adults' work rest and children's study rest. The weekend of the weekend system has quietly started from Friday night. From Friday night to Sunday night, the health, entertainment, beauty and other places in the city are always crowded with guests, and shopping malls often set off a small sales climax. Even many hotel coupons stipulate that they can only be used on weekends.

1On March 25th, 1995, the State Council decided to implement the weekend from1May 25th, 1995, that is, "the working hours of state organs and institutions are unified, and Saturdays and Sundays are weekly rest days." The stipulated working hours were changed from 1 in May of that year to 40 hours per week, which is a well-known weekend working system.

Weekend has promoted the development of many industries, most of which are involved in the tertiary industry. Apart from tourism, which is the pillar of holiday economy, business, catering, entertainment, sports, film and television, exhibitions, advertisements and even lottery tickets all share a piece of the holiday economy.

According to the provisions of the Labor Law, if it is necessary to extend working hours for special reasons, the extended working hours shall not exceed 3 hours per day and 36 hours per month under the condition of ensuring the health of workers. At the same time, if workers are arranged to work on rest days and cannot be arranged for compensatory time off, they shall be paid no less than 200% of their wages. If workers are arranged to work on legal holidays, they shall be paid no less than 300% of their wages.