China could soon impose a two-and-a-half-day weekend in efforts to jumpstart its retail sector as it emerges from weeks of lockdown.
Cities across the country have encouraged companies to offer workers an extra half day off so they can spend the time shopping and boost China’s economy.
Last month China’s eastern providence of Jiangxi became the first to suggest the measures to promote more shopping time and Hebei, Gansu and Zhejiang followed soon after.
