Industrial Engineering and Management Engineers and Technicians

How to become a Project Manager

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 项目管理工程技术人员

Handles a project through its whole life, from planning, choosing and setting goals to organising, delivering, controlling, signing off and closing it.

Main tasks

Planning projects, building project management systems and drawing up management plans
Designing how a project is organised and managed
Managing a project's start, planning, delivery, control and close, as well as its scope, risk, cost, time, purchasing, contracts, performance and overall management
Building the project team and managing team culture
Leading project close and reviewing projects afterwards

Ways in

University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 105 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Management Science and Engineering (1201); Business Administration (1202); Logistics Management and Engineering (1206); majors such as Construction Cost Engineering, Engineering Management, Accounting, Logistics Management, Logistics Engineering, Management Science. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Building Engineering Technology (440301). Vocational major 440301 Building Engineering Technology (建筑工程技术), 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); Cost Engineer; Construction Drawing Reading; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Building Construction Process Implementation and Management.; 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.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Construction Project Management (440502). Vocational major 440502 Construction Project Management (建设工程管理), 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: Constructor (Registered Construction Engineer); Cost Engineer; Supervising Engineer; Building Construction Process Implementation and Management; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Digital Applications in Construction Cost Engineering.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Intelligent Construction Technology (440304). Vocational major 440304 Intelligent Construction Technology (智能建造技术), 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: Constructor (Registered Construction Engineer); Supervising Engineer; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Intelligent Construction Design and Integration.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Logistics Engineering Technology (530801). Vocational major 530801 Logistics Engineering Technology (物流工程技术), 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: Logistics Management; Smart Logistics Equipment Applications.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Offshore Engineering Equipment Technology (460510). Vocational major 460510 Offshore Engineering Equipment Technology (海洋工程装备技术), 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: Special Welding Technology.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Prefabricated Building Engineering Technology (440302). Vocational major 440302 Prefabricated Building Engineering Technology (装配式建筑工程技术), 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); Construction Drawing Reading; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Prefabricated Building Component Fabrication and Installation.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Construction Project Materials Management (640502). Vocational major 640502 Construction Project Materials Management (建设项目材料管理), 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: Construction Drawing Reading; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Civil Engineering Concrete Materials Testing.
National qualification: Licence to practise: Constructor (Registered Construction Engineer). You need this qualification to work in the job. Listed in the national vocational qualifications catalogue (国家职业资格目录, 2021) as Constructor (Registered Construction Engineer) (建造师), run by Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Peernovo links it to this occupation.
National qualification: National professional qualification: Engineering Consulting (Investment) Professional Qualification. A national qualification that shows your level; it is not required to work. Listed in the national vocational qualifications catalogue (国家职业资格目录, 2021) as Engineering Consulting (Investment) Professional Qualification (工程咨询（投资）专业技术人员职业资格), run by National Development and Reform Commission; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Peernovo links it to this occupation.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥79,500 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥55,200 to CN¥123,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,000 and one in ten more than CN¥192,300.
This is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel, 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¥124,200 a year (2025), middle half CN¥81,790 to CN¥190,682.
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Engineering and Technical Personnel holds 2.35% of everyone employed in China; 17.1% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
48.9% are under 35, 45.1% are 35 to 54 and 6% 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 Project Manager?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Building Engineering Technology (440301); Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Construction Economics Information Management (440503).

How much does a Project Manager earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥79,500 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 Engineering and Technical Personnel. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥124,200 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Project 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