Many companies pay "year-end bonus" right before Chinese lunar year festival. It's like a "red envolope".

Some companies would do that. Most companies would give year-end bonus to encourage the staff but this would be judge by workers achievement,and not so easy to get.Some would only choose Double salary.everybody can get 13 or 14 months salary per year. I guess not more than 1/2 companies do that in China. Some big companies would also choose both way to encourage their employee.

that's very hackneyed ,how many salary you can get at the end of the lunar year,maybe that depends on the profit of the company in the year. the extra salary can be called yeah- end bonus. In China ,when you work for the company ,being a employee,if you sign up a contract with the company , 14 month salary every year ,then the employee have to keep his promise,otherwise the boss will be accused by the employer. haha,i hope i can get more salary at the end of the lunar year.

Mostly.

Never ever heard of that over here.