diff --git a/kholidays/holidays/CMakeLists.txt b/kholidays/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
index 42c5eceda..9455553c3 100644
--- a/kholidays/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kholidays/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,57 +1,58 @@
 
 install( FILES
          holiday_ar
          holiday_at
          holiday_au
          holiday_bavarian
          holiday_BelgiumDutch
          holiday_BelgiumFrench
          holiday_BelgiumWalloon
          holiday_bg
          holiday_br
          holiday_ca
          holiday_catalan
          holiday_ch
          holiday_cl
+         holiday_cn
          holiday_co
          holiday_cz
          holiday_de
          holiday_dk
          holiday_ee
          holiday_es
          holiday_fi
          holiday_fr
          holiday_frswiss
          holiday_gb
          holiday_gr
          holiday_gt
          holiday_hu
          holiday_ie
          holiday_il
          holiday_in
          holiday_is
          holiday_it
          holiday_jm
          holiday_jp
          holiday_lt
          holiday_mx
          holiday_nl
          holiday_no
          holiday_nz
          holiday_pl
          holiday_pt
          holiday_py
          holiday_quebec
          holiday_ro
          holiday_ru
          holiday_se
          holiday_si
          holiday_sk
          holiday_Suedtirol
          holiday_th
          holiday_ua
          holiday_us
          holiday_uy
          holiday_za
          DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/libkholidays)
 
diff --git a/kholidays/holidays/holiday_cn b/kholidays/holidays/holiday_cn
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f9e8940c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kholidays/holidays/holiday_cn
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+: This file is UTF-8 encoded
+: Holiday file for P.R. China
+: Data from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Public_holidays_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China&oldid=297123230
+: Author: Patrick Nagel <mail@patrick-nagel.net>
+:
+"元旦 (New Year)" weekend on 1 january
+magenta "国际妇女节 (International Women's Day)" on 8 march
+black "植树节 (Arbor Day)" on 12 march
+"劳动节 (Labor Day)" weekend on 1 may
+blue "青年节 (Youth Day)" on 4 may
+cyan "六一儿童节 (Children's Day)" on 1 june
+black "建党节 (CPC Founding Day)" on 1 july
+green "建军节 (Army Day)" on 1 august
+"国庆节 (National Day)" weekend on 1 october length 3 days
+:
+: Lunar calendar based holidays
+: and special free (on weekdays) / work (on weekends) arrangements for 2009
+: yellow for free days, red for working days
+: Data from http://cnreviews.com/life/living-in-china/china_public_holiday_2009_20081210.html
+: and various en.wikipedia.org pages
+:
+yellow "节假日 (day off)" weekend on 2 january 2009
+red "工作日 (working day)" on 4 january 2009
+red "工作日 (working day)" on 24 january 2009
+"春节 (Chinese New Year / Spring Festival)" weekend on 25 january 2009 length 3 days
+yellow "节假日 (day off)" weekend on 28 january 2009 length 3 days
+red "工作日 (working day)" on 1 february 2009
+black "元宵节 (Lantern Festival)" on 9 february 2009
+"清明节 (Qing Ming Festival / Tomb Sweeping Day)" weekend on 4 april 2009
+yellow "节假日 (day off)" weekend on 6 april 2009
+"端午节 (Dragon Boat Festival)" weekend on 28 may 2009
+yellow "节假日 (day off)" weekend on 29 may 2009
+red "工作日 (working day)" on 31 may 2009
+black "七夕节 Lover's Day" on 26 august 2009
+: black "中元节 Ghost Festival" on 3 september 2009
+red "工作日 (working day)" on 27 september 2009
+"中秋节 (Mid-Autumn Festival)" weekend on 3 october 2009
+yellow "节假日 (day off)" weekend on 5 october 2009 length 4 days
+red "工作日 (working day)" on 10 october 2009
+black "重阳节 (Double Ninth Day / Elders' Day)" on 26 october 2009