Health Advisory Services Workers

How to become a Reproductive Health Counsellor

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 生殖健康咨询师

Provides education, counselling and services on family planning, healthy pregnancy and other reproductive health matters.

Main tasks

Explaining China's population situation, birth policies and the basic public health services the state provides
Explaining how to choose contraception with full information and sharing knowledge on infertility, preventing birth defects, maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health
Counselling on sexual health and reproductive diseases in urban and rural communities, homes, schools and workplaces
Counselling on contraceptive and sterilisation procedures
Collecting reproductive health information and assessing the results of counselling, services and programmes

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Food Nutrition and Health (490103). Vocational major 490103 Food Nutrition and Health (食品营养与健康), 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: Sports Nutrition Consulting and Guidance; Food Inspection Management.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Reproductive Health Management (520806). Vocational major 520806 Reproductive Health Management (生殖健康管理), 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: Postnatal Recovery; Early Childhood Care; Maternal and Infant Care.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Reproductive Health Management (720802). Vocational major 720802 Reproductive Health Management (生殖健康管理), 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: Postnatal Recovery.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥50,000 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥37,700 to CN¥67,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥30,000 and one in ten more than CN¥99,100.
This is the figure for the mid group Health, Sports and Leisure 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¥70,413 a year (2025), middle half CN¥46,668 to CN¥94,765.
This is the figure for the mid group Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers, not for this job alone.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers holds 0.07% of everyone employed in China; 66.5% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
45.1% are under 35, 46.5% are 35 to 54 and 8.5% 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 Reproductive Health Counsellor?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Food Nutrition and Health (490103); Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Reproductive Health Management (520806).

How much does a Reproductive Health Counsellor earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥50,000 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 Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥70,413 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Reproductive Health Counsellor?

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

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