Landscaping and Gardening Services Workers Green occupation

How to become a Landscape Gardener

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 园林绿化工

Also called: Flower Gardener, Garden Plant Protection Worker, Landscape Builder and Garden Maintainer, Tree Pruner

Builds and maintains parks and gardens, propagates and grows garden plants, prunes trees and controls garden pests and diseases.

Main tasks

Transplanting, planting and staking garden plants and building green walls and roof gardens
Digging soil, fertilising and watering, and looking after green spaces, flower beds and nurseries
Propagating quality trees, flowers and other garden plants and sending nursery stock out
Shaping garden landforms, waterways and water features and building other landscape features
Inspecting and caring for old and notable trees and restoring their health
Pruning trees for growth, shape or safety
Maintaining garden equipment and tools

Ways in

Vocational majors: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Landscape Construction and Maintenance (640104). Vocational major 640104 Landscape Construction and Maintenance (园林景观施工与维护), 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: Constructor (Registered Construction Engineer); Building Information Modelling (BIM); Construction Drawing Reading.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Landscape Gardening Technology (610202). Vocational major 610202 Landscape Gardening Technology (园林技术), 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: Constructor (Registered Construction Engineer); Crop Protection Drone Applications.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥40,700 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥31,600 to CN¥54,000. One in ten earn less than CN¥26,600 and one in ten more than CN¥74,300.
This is the figure for the mid group Water Conservancy, Environment and Public Facilities Management 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¥51,126 a year (2025), middle half CN¥42,000 to CN¥62,709.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Water Conservancy, Environment and Public Facilities Management Workers holds 1.64% of everyone employed in China; 60.8% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
7.9% are under 35, 53% are 35 to 54 and 39.1% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 50 to 54.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Landscape Gardener?

Ways in include: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Landscape Construction and Maintenance (640104); Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Landscape Gardening Technology (610202).

How much does a Landscape Gardener earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥40,700 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 Water Conservancy, Environment and Public Facilities Management Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥51,126 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Landscape Gardener?

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
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