Safety Engineers and Technicians

How to become a Fire Protection Engineer

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 消防工程技术人员

Draws up fire protection plans, designs fire protection systems, develops fire products, carries out safety assessments, inspections and monitoring, gives technical advice and manages installation.

Main tasks

Drawing up fire protection plans
Designing fire protection systems and managing installation
Monitoring and inspecting fire safety
Researching and designing fire products and fire resistant building materials and components
Testing, repairing and servicing fire protection equipment
Giving fire safety advice and carrying out safety assessments
Carrying out technical analysis of fires
Organising fire safety management and technical training

Ways in

University: Law & Justice degrees, Offered by 91 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Public Security Technology (0831); majors such as Fire Protection Engineering, Forensic Science and Technology, Traffic Management Engineering, Security Engineering, Public Security Audiovisual Technology, Rescue Command and Technology. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 105 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Safety Science and Engineering (0829); Civil Engineering (0810); majors such as Building Environment and Energy Engineering, Building Electrical and Intelligent Systems, Civil Engineering, Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering, Safety Engineering, Urban Underground Space Engineering. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Building Fire Protection Technology (440406). Vocational major 440406 Building Fire Protection Technology (建筑消防技术), 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: Fire Protection Equipment Operator; Building Information Modelling (BIM).; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Emergency Management (220902). Vocational major 220902 Emergency Management (应急管理), 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: Registered Safety Engineer; Aircraft Firefighting, Rescue and First Aid; Mine Emergency Rescue.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Safety Engineering Technology (220901). Vocational major 220901 Safety Engineering Technology (安全工程技术), 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: Registered Safety Engineer; Registered Fire Protection Engineer; Firefighter; Mine Emergency Rescue.
National qualification: Licence to practise: Registered Fire Protection Engineer. You need this qualification to work in the job. Listed in the national vocational qualifications catalogue (国家职业资格目录, 2021) as Registered Fire Protection Engineer (注册消防工程师), run by Ministry of Emergency Management; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Peernovo links it to this occupation.

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¥84,296 a year (2025), middle half CN¥66,921 to CN¥133,111.
This is the figure for the minor group Safety 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 Fire Protection Engineer?

Ways in include: Law & Justice degrees; Engineering degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Building Fire Protection Technology (440406); Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Emergency Management (220902).

How much does a Fire Protection 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¥84,296 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Fire Protection Engineer?

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