Human Resources Professionals

How to become a Human Resources Manager

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 人力资源管理专业人员

Plans an organisation's workforce and handles hiring, training and development, performance reviews, pay and benefits, and employee relations.

Main tasks

Writing the organisation's workforce development plan and annual plan, setting staffing levels and analysing jobs
Setting up a performance review system, setting standards and organising reviews
Drawing up and carrying out recruitment, selection and staffing plans
Planning staff career development and skills growth and organising training
Drawing up and carrying out pay, benefits and incentive plans
Coordinating and handling employee relations issues in the organisation
Building the organisation's culture

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); Management Science and Engineering (1201); majors such as Engineering Management, Construction Cost Engineering, Accounting, Management Science, Information Management and Information Systems, Real Estate Development and Management. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Construction Economics Information Management (440503). Vocational major 440503 Construction Economics Information Management (建筑经济信息化管理), 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: Accounting Professional and Technical Qualification; Economics Professional and Technical Qualification; Construction Drawing Reading; Integrated Business and Finance Information Systems.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Human Resource Management (390202). Vocational major 390202 Human Resource Management (人力资源管理), 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: Digital Human Resource Management; Human Resources Shared Services; Compensation Management.

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¥122,100 a year (2025), middle half CN¥81,490 to CN¥173,600.
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.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Human Resources Manager?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Construction Economics Information Management (440503); Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Human Resource Management (390202).

How much does a Human Resources Manager 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¥122,100 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Human Resources Manager?

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

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