Editors

How to become an Electronic Music Producer

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 电子音乐编辑

Composes, records and produces music using computers and other equipment and tools.

Main tasks

Working out what the images, scenes and lyrics need from the music
Scoring radio, television, film and TV series
Producing backing tracks for songs
Producing background music for dance, gymnastics, skating and similar events
Producing background music for major events and ceremonies
Producing music for telecoms, the internet, animation and games
Producing music for advertising
Producing music for music teaching and other course materials and presentations

Ways in

University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 87 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Music and Dance (1302); majors such as Music Performance, Musicology, Composition and Composition Technique Theory, Dance Performance, Dance Studies, Choreography. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Publishing Planning and Editing (560103). Vocational major 560103 Publishing Planning and Editing (出版策划与编辑), 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: Publishing Professional Qualification; New Media Editing.
National qualification: National professional qualification: Publishing Professional Qualification. A national qualification that shows your level; it is not required to work. Listed in the national vocational qualifications catalogue (国家职业资格目录, 2021) as Publishing Professional Qualification (出版专业技术人员职业资格), run by National Press and Publication Administration; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Peernovo links it to this occupation.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥83,000 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥58,000 to CN¥131,000. One in ten earn less than CN¥43,200 and one in ten more than CN¥205,800.
This is the figure for the mid group News, Publishing and Cultural Professionals, 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¥114,482 a year (2025), middle half CN¥84,616 to CN¥160,439.
This is the figure for the minor group Editors, 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 News, Publishing and Cultural Professionals holds 0.17% of everyone employed in China; 61.1% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
53.1% are under 35, 42.4% are 35 to 54 and 4.5% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 30 to 34.
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 Music Producer?

Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Publishing Planning and Editing (560103).

How much does an Electronic Music Producer earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥83,000 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 News, Publishing and Cultural Professionals. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥114,482 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of an Electronic Music Producer?

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