Inspection and Quarantine Engineers and Technicians

How to become a Border Health Quarantine Officer

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 卫生检疫人员

Carries out health checks and quarantine at border crossings, monitors infectious diseases, and oversees and carries out sanitary measures.

Main tasks

Quarantining and checking people, vehicles, ships and aircraft, containers, human remains, and cargo, luggage and parcels that could carry infectious disease at border crossings, monitoring infectious diseases, overseeing and carrying out sanitary measures, and monitoring for nuclear, biological and chemical threats
Collecting, organising and reporting on the outbreak, spread and end of infectious diseases internationally and at border crossings, and analysing data and assessing risk
Overseeing hygiene at border crossings
Carrying out health quarantine of special items entering or leaving the country, such as microorganisms, human tissue, biological products, and blood and blood products

Ways in

University: Health & Public Health degrees, Offered by 23 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Public Health and Preventive Medicine (1004); majors such as Food Hygiene and Nutrition, Preventive Medicine, Maternal and Child Health Medicine, Health Supervision, Global Health, Exercise and Public Health. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Health Inspection and Quarantine Technology (520508). Vocational major 520508 Health Inspection and Quarantine Technology (卫生检验与检疫技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Health Professional and Technical Qualification; Food Inspection Management; Food Compliance Management.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Modern Analysis and Testing Technology (270204). Vocational major 270204 Modern Analysis and Testing Technology (现代分析测试技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥79,500 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥55,200 to CN¥123,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,000 and one in ten more than CN¥192,300.
This is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥100,645 a year (2025), middle half CN¥72,640 to CN¥120,750.
This is the figure for the minor group Inspection and Quarantine Engineers and Technicians, not for this job alone.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Engineering and Technical Personnel holds 2.35% of everyone employed in China; 17.1% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
48.9% are under 35, 45.1% are 35 to 54 and 6% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 35 to 39.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Border Health Quarantine Officer?

Ways in include: Health & Public Health degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Health Inspection and Quarantine Technology (520508); Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Modern Analysis and Testing Technology (270204).

How much does a Border Health Quarantine Officer earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥79,500 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥100,645 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Border Health Quarantine Officer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026