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China Business & Employment Statistics Explorer

Explore published statistics for the 31 mainland provinces. The map colours one figure at a time. Employment layers are the minimum-wage tiers in force on 1 October 2026. Investment layers are utilised foreign investment and new foreign-invested enterprises for calendar 2025. A darker province has a higher value for the selected statistic. Population, GDP, and average wages are not on this page.

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Economy and workforce totals are not published on this page. Investment statistics are available under Investment.

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First-tier monthly minimum wage (RMB per month)

  1. 2,080 to 2,212
  2. 2,212 to 2,344
  3. 2,344 to 2,476
  4. 2,476 to 2,608
  5. 2,608 to 2,740
  6. Shown, not selectable

Do not treat the first tier as a province-wide wage.

Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data at naturalearthdata.com. Mainland provinces are Natural Earth 1:50m admin-1 (adm0_a3 CHN), simplified with mapshaper weighted 30% keep-shapes. Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0 map units, unmodified except for the same Albers projection (standard parallels 25N and 47N, central meridian 105E). Borders were not redrawn. Shenzhen is listed by the ministry at RMB 2,700 per month and is not a separate shape.

Provincial tiers

Rows follow GB/T 2260 order. Monthly and hourly columns list every tier in the ministry table, from the highest local standard to the lowest. The map uses only the first tier, and only as a way to compare those maxima.

Minimum wage tiers for 31 mainland provincial-level regions, effective 1 October 2026
RegionLevelMonthly tiers (RMB)Part-time hourly tiers (RMB)
Beijing 北京市Municipality2,54027.7
Tianjin 天津市Municipality2,51026.6
Hebei 河北省Province2,380 / 2,230 / 2,08024 / 22 / 20
Shanxi 山西省Province2,350 / 2,250 / 2,15025.3 / 24.2 / 23.3
Inner Mongolia 内蒙古自治区Autonomous region2,380 / 2,310 / 2,25023.5 / 22.8 / 22.2
Liaoning 辽宁省Province2,230 / 2,080 / 1,93022 / 20 / 19
Jilin 吉林省Province2,230 / 2,020 / 1,87022 / 20.5 / 19
Heilongjiang 黑龙江省Province2,270 / 2,010 / 1,91021 / 18.8 / 18.2
Shanghai 上海市Municipality2,74025
Jiangsu 江苏省Province2,660 / 2,430 / 2,18025 / 23 / 21
Zhejiang 浙江省Province2,660 / 2,430 / 2,18025 / 23 / 21
Anhui 安徽省Province2,320 / 2,170 / 2,100 / 2,00023 / 22 / 21 / 20
Fujian 福建省Province2,265 / 2,195 / 2,045 / 1,89523.5 / 23 / 21.5 / 20
Jiangxi 江西省Province2,240 / 2,090 / 1,95022.4 / 20.9 / 19.5
Shandong 山东省Province2,400 / 2,210 / 2,02024 / 22 / 20
Henan 河南省Province2,350 / 2,150 / 2,00023 / 21.1 / 19.6
Hubei 湖北省Province2,400 / 2,130 / 1,97024 / 21.5 / 20
Hunan 湖南省Province2,200 / 2,000 / 1,80022 / 20 / 18
Guangdong 广东省 Shenzhen: RMB 2,700 / RMB 25.4 per hour, listed separatelyProvince2,680 / 2,300 / 2,04025.4 / 21.9 / 20.2
Guangxi 广西壮族自治区Autonomous region2,200 / 2,040 / 1,87022.4 / 20.7 / 19
Hainan 海南省Province2,250 / 2,07020 / 18.4
Chongqing 重庆市Municipality2,330 / 2,20023 / 22
Sichuan 四川省Province2,330 / 2,20023 / 22
Guizhou 贵州省Province2,130 / 1,980 / 1,89022.4 / 20.8 / 19.8
Yunnan 云南省Province2,270 / 2,120 / 1,97022 / 21 / 20
Xizang 西藏自治区Autonomous region2,36023
Shaanxi 陕西省Province2,376 / 2,250 / 2,14023 / 21.7 / 20.7
Gansu 甘肃省Province2,200 / 2,130 / 2,08022 / 21.5 / 21
Qinghai 青海省Province2,08020
Ningxia 宁夏回族自治区Autonomous region2,235 / 2,08022 / 20
Xinjiang 新疆维吾尔自治区Autonomous region2,270 / 2,080 / 1,93022.7 / 20.8 / 19.3

Provincial foreign investment, 2025

Rows follow GB/T 2260 order. Utilised FDI is an annual flow in USD 100 million, as printed. New FIEs are newly established foreign-invested enterprises in calendar 2025. The bulletin prints a national utilised total of USD 1,046.6 hundred million and 70,392 new enterprises. Provincial dollar cells are shown as printed and are not forced to that national total.

Utilised foreign investment and newly established foreign-invested enterprises for 31 mainland provincial-level regions in 2025
RegionLevelUtilised FDI (USD 100 million)New FIEs
Beijing 北京市MunicipalityUSD 68.7 hundred million2,405
Tianjin 天津市MunicipalityUSD 41.4 hundred million567
Hebei 河北省ProvinceUSD 15.0 hundred million445
Shanxi 山西省ProvinceUSD 7.9 hundred million93
Inner Mongolia 内蒙古自治区Autonomous regionUSD 3.1 hundred million189
Liaoning 辽宁省ProvinceUSD 33.8 hundred million545
Jilin 吉林省ProvinceUSD 2.2 hundred million88
Heilongjiang 黑龙江省ProvinceUSD 2.8 hundred million209
Shanghai 上海市MunicipalityUSD 160.6 hundred million6,361
Jiangsu 江苏省ProvinceUSD 168.2 hundred million3,352
Zhejiang 浙江省ProvinceUSD 115.6 hundred million5,370
Anhui 安徽省ProvinceUSD 21.5 hundred million507
Fujian 福建省ProvinceUSD 31.3 hundred million4,342
Jiangxi 江西省ProvinceUSD 6.6 hundred million289
Shandong 山东省ProvinceUSD 90.6 hundred million1,854
Henan 河南省ProvinceUSD 3.9 hundred million428
Hubei 湖北省ProvinceUSD 15.3 hundred million673
Hunan 湖南省ProvinceUSD 8.9 hundred million459
Guangdong 广东省ProvinceUSD 157.7 hundred million36,366
Guangxi 广西壮族自治区Autonomous regionUSD 8.5 hundred million463
Hainan 海南省ProvinceUSD 35.1 hundred million2,549
Chongqing 重庆市MunicipalityUSD 6.4 hundred million390
Sichuan 四川省ProvinceUSD 19.7 hundred million893
Guizhou 贵州省ProvinceUSD 1.6 hundred million181
Yunnan 云南省ProvinceUSD 4.8 hundred million538
Xizang 西藏自治区Autonomous regionUSD 0.1 hundred million19
Shaanxi 陕西省ProvinceUSD 9.5 hundred million428
Gansu 甘肃省ProvinceUSD 0.9 hundred million84
Qinghai 青海省ProvinceUSD 0.2 hundred million13
Ningxia 宁夏回族自治区Autonomous regionUSD 1.0 hundred million20
Xinjiang 新疆维吾尔自治区Autonomous regionUSD 4.0 hundred million272

Compare up to four provinces

This table places October 2026 wage tiers beside calendar 2025 foreign investment. The series use different years and units. GDP, population, and average wages are not in the table.

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How to read this

The ministry publishes one national table of provincial standards. Most provinces set two, three, or four local tiers. Municipalities such as Shanghai and Beijing publish a single rate. Applying the first tier outside the cities named in the provincial notice will overstate the legal minimum.

The hourly column is the part-time hourly minimum in that same table. It is not the hourly equivalent of the monthly full-time wage. Full-time hourly rates, where a province publishes them separately, are not included.

Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are drawn from Natural Earth so the coastline reads correctly. They are not coloured and cannot be selected, because their wage rules and foreign-investment figures are not in the mainland provincial tables used here.

Foreign investment figures are calendar-year 2025 flows from the Ministry of Commerce bulletin. They are not a stock of accumulated investment, and they are not ranked against the 2026 wage tiers.

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Provincial GDP, resident population, and average wages are not shown. The National Bureau of Statistics publishes them through the yearbook and the National Data portal. Those series will be added only after a manual transcription with the reporting year and revision status attached.

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