Information and Communications Network Maintenance Workers

How to become a Telecoms Line Technician

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 信息通信网络线务员

Also called: Telecoms Cable Technician, Antenna Technician, Broadband Installer, Structured Cabling Installer, Fibre Optic Cable Technician, Telecoms Network Construction Worker

Puts up and maintains telecoms lines and antenna feeders, and installs and maintains structured cabling and broadband connections.

Main tasks

Putting up or laying copper cable, fibre optic cable, antenna feeders and other transmission lines
Inspecting and maintaining transmission lines
Finding, diagnosing and repairing line faults
Testing, analysing and recording line transmission quality
Installing, setting up and maintaining customer cabling and devices and activating services
Checking and signing off the quality of transmission line and structured cabling work

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Computer Network Technology (510202). Vocational major 510202 Computer Network Technology (计算机网络技术), 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: Computer Technology and Software Professional Qualification; Network System Construction and Maintenance; Web Front End Development; Cloud Computing Platform Operation and Development; Network Security Operations and Maintenance; WPS Office Applications.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥96,000 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥64,300 to CN¥153,500. One in ten earn less than CN¥45,600 and one in ten more than CN¥236,700.
This is the figure for the mid group Information Transmission, Software and IT 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¥94,627 a year (2025), middle half CN¥64,000 to CN¥155,646.
This is the figure for the minor group Information and Communications Network Maintenance 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 Information Transmission, Software and IT Services Workers holds 0.84% of everyone employed in China; 30% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
69.2% are under 35, 29.3% are 35 to 54 and 1.5% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 30 to 34.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Telecoms Line Technician?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Computer Network Technology (510202).

How much does a Telecoms Line Technician earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥96,000 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 Information Transmission, Software and IT Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥94,627 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Telecoms Line Technician?

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