How to become a Veterinary Medicine Production Operator

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 兽药制造工

Also called: Veterinary Biologicals Production Operator, Veterinary Chemical Drug Formulation Operator, Veterinary Chinese Medicine Formulation Operator, Veterinary API Production Operator

Produces veterinary medicines from bacterial, viral and parasite strains, medicinal materials and other ingredients through culturing, extraction and formulation.

Main tasks

• Growing viruses in roller bottles, bioreactors and other systems
• Growing viruses or parasites in rabbits, SPF chickens, fish, chicken embryos and other animal tissue
• Synthesising and purifying peptides and formulating them into vaccines
• Mixing antigens with adjuvants or stabilisers, then inactivating, emulsifying and filling them to make vaccines
• Producing veterinary powders, granules, tablets, premixes and disinfectants through sieving, mixing, granulating and tableting
• Making medicated strips for bees, flea and worm collars for pets and similar products
• Mixing and filling solutions to produce veterinary injections and intramammary infusions
• Making veterinary Chinese medicine powders, mixtures and similar products by crushing, extracting, filtering, concentrating and drying

Ways in

• Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Veterinary Pharmaceutical Technology (490205). Vocational major 490205 Veterinary Pharmaceutical Technology (兽药制药技术), 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: Pharmaceutical Formulation Production.

Pay · AI and this job

• Median pay in China: CN¥60,400 a year (2025).
• Middle half: CN¥45,500 to CN¥81,000. One in ten earn less than CN¥36,000 and one in ten more than CN¥110,900.
• This is the figure for the mid group Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 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¥89,399 a year (2025), middle half CN¥61,843 to CN¥115,729.
• This is the figure for the mid group Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 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 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Workers holds 0.11% of everyone employed in China; 47.4% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
• 43.3% are under 35, 50.2% are 35 to 54 and 6.5% 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.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Veterinary Medicine Production Operator?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Veterinary Pharmaceutical Technology (490205).

How much does a Veterinary Medicine Production Operator earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥60,400 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 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥89,399 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Veterinary Medicine Production Operator?

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