Province/City |
Effective Date (since) |
Minimum Wage Standard
(¥ RMB) 2 |
Minimum Wage Standard ($ US dollar) 3 |
Municipalities |
Beijing |
2005-7-1 |
580 |
72.7 |
Chongqing |
2004-5-1 |
400 380 350 330 |
50 47.5 43.75 41.25 |
Shanghai |
2005-7-1 |
690 |
86.25 |
Tianjin |
2005-7-1 |
590 570 |
73.75 71.25 |
Provinces 4 |
Anhui |
2004-10-1 |
410 390 370 360 350 340 330 320 310 290 |
51.25 48.75 46.25 45 43.75 42.5 41.25 40 38.75 36.25 |
Fujian |
2005-7-1 |
470 430 400 350 320 |
58.5 53.75 50 43.75 40 |
*Xia'men (in Fujian ) |
2005-7-1 |
600 550 480 |
75 68.75 60 |
Gansu 5 |
2004-1-1 |
340 320 300 |
42.5 40 37.5 |
Guangdong 6 |
2004-12-1 |
684 7 574 8 494 446 410 377 352 |
85.5 71.75 61.75 55.75 51.25 47.1 44 |
*Shenzhen (in Guangdong ) |
2006-7-1 |
810 710 9 |
101.25 88.75 |
Guangxi |
2004-10-25 |
460 400 360 320 |
57.5 50 45 40 |
Guizhou |
2004-10-1 |
400 360 320 |
50 45 40 |
Hainan |
2004-7-1 |
500 400 350 |
62.5 50 43.75 |
Hebei |
2004-7-1 |
520 470 420 |
65 58.75 52.5 |
Heilongjiang |
2006-5-1 |
620 10 590 11 475 450 420 400 380 |
77.5 73.75 59.4 56.25 52.5 50 47.5 |
Henan |
2005-10-1 |
480 400 320 |
60 50 40 |
Hubei |
2005-3-1 |
460 400 360 320 280 |
57.5 50 45 40 35 |
Hunan |
2005-7-1 |
480 440 420 400 380 350 |
60 55 52.5 50 47.5 43.75 |
Inner Mongolia |
2004-7-1 |
420 400 380 |
52.5 50 47.5 |
Jiangsu |
2005-11-1 |
690 550 480 400 |
86.25 68.75 60 50 |
Jiangxi |
2004-9-1 |
360 330 300 270 |
45 41.25 37.5 33.75 |
Jilin |
2006-5-1 |
510 460 410 |
63.75 57.5 51.25 |
Liaoning |
2004-11-11 |
450 400 350 |
56.25 50 47.5 |
* Dalian (in Liaoning ) |
2005-1 |
500 450 380 |
62.5 56.25 47.5 |
Ningxa |
2006 |
450 420 380 |
56.25 52.5 47.5 |
Qianghai |
2004-2-1 |
370 360 340 330 |
46.25 45 42.5 41.25 |
Shandong |
2005-1-1 |
530 470 420 380 350 |
66.25 58.75 52.5 47.5 43.75 |
* Qingdao (in Shandong ) |
2006 |
530 470 |
66.25 58.75 |
Shanxi |
2004-7-1 |
520 480 440 400 |
65 60 55 50 |
Shaanxi |
2005-7-1 |
490 460 430 400 |
61.25 57.5 53.75 50 |
Sichuan |
2004 |
450 400 340 280 |
56.25 50 42.5 35 |
Xinjiang |
2004-5-1 |
480 440 380 370 360 350 330 320 300 |
60 55 47.5 46.25 45 43.75 41.25 40 37.5 |
Xizhang ( Tibet ) |
2004-11-1 |
495 470 445 |
61.9 58.75 55.6 |
Yunnan |
2004-10-1 |
470 405 350 |
58.75 50.6 43.75 |
Zhejiang |
2005-12-1 |
670 610 560 490 |
83.75 76.25 70 61.25 |
* Ningbo (in Zhejiang ) |
2006 |
670 610 |
83.75 76.25 |
1. Source: The Ministry of Labor and Social Security of China 2005 statistics (updates are based upon news reports prior to July 2006). Minimum wages listed here are monthly-based.
2. Provinces and cities usually have multiple levels of minimum wage standards based upon different geographic locations and industries.
3. The exchange rate used here is based upon $1 = ¥ 8 as on July 12, 2006 .
4. For cities that have different minimum wage standards from the provinces they are located in, they are marked with *.
5. Gansu 's minimum wage standard is the lowest in China . There is an expected raise by the end of 2006.
6. It is expected to raise to ¥800/700/600/500 in December 2006.
7. It applies to Guangzhou .
8. It applies to Fuoshan, Dongguan, Zhuhai and Huizhou.
9. The new minimum wage standard in Shenzhen was approved by the end of May 2006 : ¥810 within the Special Economic Zone, ¥700 outside the Special Economic Zone (including Bao'an and Longgang).
10. It applies to Daqing Industrial District.
11. It applies to Harbin . |
