AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Municipality in China

Beijing

Municipality CN-BJ Capital region Largest city: Beijing
23%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 18% (+4.9 pts).
MODEL2nd of 32 regions2.6M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
21.9M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.6%
26th largest of 32
People in workMODEL
11.5M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.2%
national 2.9%
Area
16.2K km²
1,349 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
56% live in major cities
Largest city
Beijing
11.1M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
3
Natural Earth places

AI use

The Anthropic Economic Index does not publish usage for this region. Regions below a minimum number of sampled conversations are left out.

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Beijing China
Manufacturing 20.7%
Retail & wholesale 16.4%
Construction 9.7%
Public admin 9.3%
Business services 8.7%
Other services 6.0%
Transport & logistics 5.1%
Hospitality 4.4%
Education 4.3%
Finance 3.9%
Agriculture 3.9%
ICT & software 3.5%
Health & care 2.7%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 472K Public admin 430K Manufacturing 301K Finance 263K Business services 243K Education 207K ICT & software 181K Health & care 113K

Ranking in China

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 32 regions.

1Shanghai 23% 2Beijing 23% 3Tianjin 22% 4Liaoning 22% 5Heilongjiang 21% 6Jilin 20% 7Fujian 19%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits China's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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