Because of different cultural backgrounds, the concept of time varies from country to country.

Therefore, it is very necessary for us to understand the state of work hours and holidays in order to arrange business schedule and carry out business smoothly.

Working days in most countries vary from Monday to Friday or Monday to Saturday.

But for religious reasons, the working day of Israel is from Sunday to Friday, because Saturday is the sabbath of Judaism, which is a national rest day. Most Arabia countries work from Saturday to Saturday, because the rest days of Muslims are.

Avoid holidays and special holidays.

For example, when Muslims have loose schedules during the month of Ramadan, business must not be rushed.

Europeans attach great importance to holidays. There are four to five weeks' vacation time each year. Especially Frenchmen often go on holiday in hot July and August. If they disturb them or disrupt their vacation arrangements, they will be very annoyed.

Some holidays are not fixed. For example, Ramadan and Easter are the same as the Spring Festival in China. The calendar dates are different each year. They should try to avoid business activities in these days.

The working hours of Americans vary from 8:30 to 16:30 or from "to".

Lunch time is half an hour to one hour at noon.

The working hours of Koreans are from 9:00 to 18:00.

Italians work from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., from afternoon to lunch.

When you work in Europe, you should put your heart and soul into it, but working overtime is not advisable.

In Japan and Hongkong in China, on the contrary, people work day and night.

Working hours in Japan are set at 9:00 to 17:00, but working overtime is also a common practice.

Punctuality and punctuality are impolite behavior for most Europeans and Americans. It is impolite to wait for others. Even if your client is late, you should keep the appointment on time.

Some countries do not care much about this.

Russians are more interested in timing.

In central and South America and some Middle East countries, appointments are about the same time. You usually have to wait for an hour or even longer at the appointed time.

For Arabs, work is far less important than family, friends and religion. Their sense of time is "seeing God's arrangement".

Asians are punctual. They often arrive a few minutes earlier than the appointed time, but Filipinos are often late.