Postal and Express Delivery Services Workers

How to become an International Express Operations Specialist

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 国际快递业务师

Designs and builds international delivery networks, sets up overseas warehouses and other hubs, develops markets, and manages transit and customs clearance for international mail and parcels.

Main tasks

Designing and building regional international delivery networks
Planning and building overseas warehouses and other network hubs
Researching the needs and features of international delivery markets, suggesting product improvements and setting service models
Assessing changes in international delivery business and suggesting new or adjusted delivery routes
Monitoring and analysing international delivery data and controlling and improving service quality
Surveying customer satisfaction with international delivery and improving service plans
Handling customs and inspection declarations for international mail and parcels in foreign languages and helping with clearance and transit

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Air Logistics Management (530803). Vocational major 530803 Air Logistics Management (航空物流管理), 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: Logistics Management; Civil Aviation Cargo Transport.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Postal Communications Management (500703). Vocational major 500703 Postal Communications Management (邮政通信管理), 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: Express Delivery Operations Management.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥63,600 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥47,800 to CN¥89,000. One in ten earn less than CN¥36,000 and one in ten more than CN¥121,300.
This is the figure for the mid group Transport, Warehousing, Logistics and Postal Services 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¥76,938 a year (2025), middle half CN¥56,236 to CN¥104,449.
This is the figure for the mid group Transport, Warehousing, Logistics and Postal Services Workers, not for this job alone.
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Transport, Warehousing, Logistics and Postal Services Workers holds 6.05% of everyone employed in China; 14.2% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
32.9% are under 35, 58.1% are 35 to 54 and 9% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 40 to 44.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become an International Express Operations Specialist?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Air Logistics Management (530803); Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Postal Communications Management (500703).

How much does an International Express Operations Specialist earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥63,600 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 Transport, Warehousing, Logistics and Postal Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥76,938 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of an International Express Operations Specialist?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, 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