Medical Support Services Workers

How to become a Clinical Support Worker

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 医疗临床辅助服务员

Also called: Medical Records Clerk, Maternal and Child Health Worker, Pharmacy Assistant (Western Medicine), Pharmacy Assistant (Chinese Medicine), Patient Meals Assistant, Laboratory Assistant, First Aid Officer, Hospital Wastewater Operator

Does support work in hospitals and clinics, such as managing medical records, caring for patients, mothers and babies, helping in the pharmacy, preparing patient meals, laboratory support, first aid on the scene and treating hospital wastewater.

Main tasks

Organising, storing and retrieving medical records on computer or by hand
Giving everyday health care to women around birth and after delivery and to babies and children aged 0 to 3
Dispensing, preparing, mixing and storing Western medicines in the hospital pharmacy
Preparing and dispensing Chinese medicines in the hospital pharmacy and storing and caring for them
Taking and delivering meal orders and washing and disinfecting dishes
Receiving and logging test samples, sending out test results and cleaning, disinfecting and storing lab equipment
Giving first aid to sick and injured people at the scene of sudden illness, accidents, injuries and public health emergencies
Monitoring and disinfecting hospital wastewater and sludge with treatment equipment and disinfectants until it is safe

Ways in

Vocational majors: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Pharmaceutical Dispensing (720301). Vocational major 720301 Pharmaceutical Dispensing (药剂), 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: Pharmaceutical Purchasing and Sales.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥50,000 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥37,700 to CN¥67,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥30,000 and one in ten more than CN¥99,100.
This is the figure for the mid group Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers, 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¥89,814 a year (2025), middle half CN¥61,803 to CN¥121,907.
This is the figure for the minor group Medical Support Services Workers, 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 Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers holds 0.07% of everyone employed in China; 66.5% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
45.1% are under 35, 46.5% are 35 to 54 and 8.5% 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 Clinical Support Worker?

Ways in include: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Pharmaceutical Dispensing (720301).

How much does a Clinical Support Worker earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥50,000 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 Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥89,814 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Clinical Support Worker?

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