General Components Assembly Workers

How to become a Fitter and Assembler

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 装配钳工

Assembles the parts and components of machinery into assemblies or complete machines with machines, tooling and tools, and adjusts them.

Main tasks

Fitting and adjusting tooling and fixtures
Assembling parts into components or assemblies with machinery, tooling or tools
Assembling complete machines or major assemblies
Checking and adjusting component and final assemblies with instruments and tools
Maintaining instruments, jigs, fixtures, gauges and assembly equipment regularly

Ways in

Vocational majors: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Intelligent Equipment Operation and Maintenance (660201). Vocational major 660201 Intelligent Equipment Operation and Maintenance (智能设备运行与维护), 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: CNC Equipment Maintenance and Repair; Industrial Robot Assembly and Setup; Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Installation and Commissioning.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Mechanical Manufacturing Technology (660101). Vocational major 660101 Mechanical Manufacturing Technology (机械制造技术), 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: Mechanical Engineering Drawing; Mechanical Product 3D Model Design.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥72,400 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥55,000 to CN¥98,000. One in ten earn less than CN¥43,600 and one in ten more than CN¥126,900.
This is the figure for the mid group General Equipment Manufacturing 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¥78,717 a year (2025), middle half CN¥61,329 to CN¥104,860.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group General Equipment Manufacturing Workers holds 0.26% of everyone employed in China; 23.5% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
37.1% are under 35, 53.7% are 35 to 54 and 9.2% 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 Fitter and Assembler?

Ways in include: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Intelligent Equipment Operation and Maintenance (660201); Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Mechanical Manufacturing Technology (660101).

How much does a Fitter and Assembler earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥72,400 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 General Equipment Manufacturing Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥78,717 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Fitter and Assembler?

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