Industrial Engineering and Management Engineers and Technicians Digital occupation

How to become a Supply Chain Engineer

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 供应链工程技术人员

Researches and builds supply chain systems and platforms, prevents and controls supply chain risks, and designs and develops the models, technology, tools and methods behind them.

Main tasks

Researching what the economic situation demands of supply chains and drawing up development plans for supply chain systems
Identifying the need to build, improve or rebuild a supply chain from an organisation's goals and the nature of its business
Setting supply chain strategy for organisations, mapping how each link in the chain fits together and building supply chain systems
Researching and developing strategies and system building techniques for emergency supply chains
Setting up safeguards for supply chain security and risk prevention, helping industries and businesses avoid structural risks
Designing networked, digital and smart supply chain platform models, developing the supporting technology and tools, and drafting technical standards and guidelines
Drafting delivery plans and schedules for supply chain projects

Ways in

University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 105 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Logistics Management and Engineering (1206); majors such as Logistics Management, Logistics Engineering, Procurement Management, Supply Chain Management. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Smart Forestry Technology (210201). Vocational major 210201 Smart Forestry Technology (智慧林业技术), 4 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: Forest Firefighter; Environmental Impact Assessment Engineer; Drone Piloting; Surveying and Geographic Information Data Acquisition and Processing.

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¥122,815 a year (2025), middle half CN¥83,169 to CN¥179,642.
This is the figure for the minor group Industrial Engineering and Management Engineers and Technicians, 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 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 Supply Chain Engineer?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Smart Forestry Technology (210201).

How much does a Supply Chain Engineer 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¥122,815 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Supply Chain Engineer?

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