AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in China

Guangdong

Province CN-GD Largest city: Guangzhou
19%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 18% (+0.8 pts).
MODEL8th of 32 regions12.5M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
126M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
8.9%
1st largest of 32
People in workMODEL
65.9M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.1%
national 2.9%
Area
176K km²
716 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
26% live in major cities
Largest city
Guangzhou
8.8M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
18
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.

Guangdong China
Manufacturing 22.0%
Agriculture 16.8%
Retail & wholesale 14.9%
Construction 9.6%
Public admin 6.8%
Other services 5.5%
Transport & logistics 4.8%
Education 4.4%
Business services 4.1%
Hospitality 4.0%
Health & care 2.5%
Finance 1.6%
ICT & software 1.3%
Utilities 1.2%
Mining 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 2.5M Manufacturing 1.8M Public admin 1.8M Education 1.2M Agriculture 741K Business services 664K Finance 603K Health & care 590K

Ranking in China

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 32 regions.

5Heilongjiang 21% 6Jilin 20% 7Fujian 19% 8Guangdong 19% 9Hubei 19% 10Xinjiang 19% 11Shanxi 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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