Current laws give employees five days of annual paid time off, which increases to 10 days after they have worked 10 years, and 15 days if they have worked for 20 years or more.
Fok's proposal would let young workers scale their annual leave from five to 10 days until they hit the 10-year mark.
His suggestion sparked hopes on Weibo, China's version of X, that the country might soon align with international paid leave standards.
The International Labor Organization recommends three weeks of paid annual leave.
AdvertisementShanghai-based outlet The Paper ran an informal poll on Tuesday, asking if its readers felt they could take vacation days.
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