How to become a Sport Science Researcher
Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 体育学研究人员
Carries out theoretical and applied research in sport.
Main tasks
- Researching the basic principles, ideas and development of sport and its underlying theory and methods
- Researching the features and patterns of the disciplines within sport science, such as human movement science and traditional ethnic sports
- Researching the theory, policy and practice of fitness for everyone, competitive sport, school sport, the sports industry and sporting culture
- Researching the theory, policy and practice of each individual sport
Ways in
- University: Education & Teaching degrees, Offered by 48 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Education (0401); majors such as Education, Science Education, Humanities Education, Educational Technology, Art Education, Preschool Education. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
- University: Psychology degrees, Offered by 33 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Psychology (0711); majors such as Psychology, Applied Psychology. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Pay · AI and this job
- Median pay in Guangzhou: CN¥97,997 a year (2025).
- Middle half: CN¥63,873 to CN¥149,392. One in ten earn less than CN¥51,750 and one in ten more than CN¥210,000.
- This is the figure for the mid group Scientific Researchers, not for this job alone.
- Guangzhou only, not a national figure: wage prices of enterprise employees in the city. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Who does this work
- The census group Scientific Researchers holds 0.07% of everyone employed in China; 41.6% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
- 48.6% are under 35, 44.1% are 35 to 54 and 7.4% 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.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Sport Science Researcher?
Ways in include: Education & Teaching degrees; Psychology degrees.
How much does a Sport Science Researcher earn in China?
In Guangzhou, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥97,997 a year (Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025). This is a Guangzhou figure, not a national one. It is the figure for the mid group Scientific Researchers.
Will AI change the work of a Sport Science Researcher?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- 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 4 October 2026