Electronics Engineers and Technicians

How to become an Electronic Materials Engineer

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 电子材料工程技术人员

Develops and designs materials for semiconductors, optical fibre and cable, electronic ceramics and electronic components, and guides their production.

Main tasks

Developing and designing single crystal silicon, silicon wafers, gallium arsenide crystals and epitaxial wafers, and semiconductor sensing materials, and guiding production
Developing and designing single mode fibre, polarisation maintaining fibre, high strength fibre and optical cable materials, and guiding production
Developing and designing electronic ceramics, functional composite and polymer materials, piezoelectric crystals and films, ferroelectric materials and materials for sensing components, and guiding production
Developing and applying measurement technology for electronic materials

Ways in

University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 105 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Electronic Information (0807); Mechanical Engineering (0802); majors such as Intelligent Vehicle Engineering, Electronic Information Engineering, Vehicle Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, Materials Forming and Control Engineering. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Automotive Intelligent Technology (510107). Vocational major 510107 Automotive Intelligent Technology (汽车智能技术), 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: Smart Hardware Application Development; Autonomous Driving Software System Applications; Intelligent Connected Vehicle Testing and Setup.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Flexible Electronics Technology (310103). Vocational major 310103 Flexible Electronics Technology (柔性电子技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Integrated Circuit Layout Design; Integrated Circuit Testing Technology Applications; Integrated Circuit Packaging and Testing.

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¥91,825 a year (2025), middle half CN¥64,200 to CN¥122,364.
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, 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 an Electronic Materials Engineer?

Ways in include: Engineering degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Automotive Intelligent Technology (510107); Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Flexible Electronics Technology (310103).

How much does an Electronic Materials Engineer 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¥91,825 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of an Electronic Materials Engineer?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

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
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
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