How to become a Forest Resource Valuer
Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 森林资源评估专业人员
Values forest resources and the ecological benefits they bring.
Main tasks
- Checking the amount, quality and location of forest resources
- Estimating the economic value of forest resources
- Assessing the ecological benefits of forests
- Assessing forest losses caused by natural disasters
- Writing valuation reports and reviewing the results
- Giving valuation advice on forest resources and ecological benefits
- Setting technical standards for valuing forest resources
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 105 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Business Administration (1202); Economics (0201); majors such as Economics, Economic Statistics, Marketing, Financial Management, International Business, Human Resource Management. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Pay · AI and this job
- Median pay in China: CN¥80,100 a year (2025).
- Middle half: CN¥55,300 to CN¥127,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,000 and one in ten more than CN¥202,900.
- This is the figure for the mid group Economic and Financial 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¥132,914 a year (2025), middle half CN¥108,559 to CN¥268,125.
- This is the figure for the minor group Asset and Resource Valuers, not for this job alone.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Who does this work
- The census group Economic and Financial Professionals holds 2.2% of everyone employed in China; 71% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
- 50.4% are under 35, 45.7% are 35 to 54 and 3.9% 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.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Forest Resource Valuer?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.
How much does a Forest Resource Valuer earn in China?
Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥80,100 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 Economic and Financial Professionals. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥132,914 a year (2025).
Will AI change the work of a Forest Resource Valuer?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, 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
- Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation, National Bureau of Statistics: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China, 2022 edition (public consultation draft) (2022 public consultation draft (1,636 occupations; final edition 1,639)), 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