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In China, published freelance rates for are CN¥80–CN¥300 per 1,000 characters.

Role

JournalistCN¥80–CN¥300 per 1,000 characters TranslatorCN¥50–CN¥200 per 1,000 characters
Freelance CN¥80–CN¥300 per 1,000 characters3 freelance figures
Sources 1 document3 figures from 1 body · latest 1 Nov 2014
Journalist in China, every figure → 2 published sources · 6 figures · updated 1 Nov 2026 Open market: 37 job ads with pay

Pay rates for journalists in China, as published by unions, governments and surveys, each quoted as printed and turned into a day's pay to compare. How the pay guide works →

Each published rate as a day's pay

No figure here can be turned into a day's pay yet.

Advertised pay in China

Open market

What employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 37 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.

ReporterOther or not stated CN¥15,500 a month middle half CN¥12,500–CN¥17,500 · 32 ads
Desk editorOther or not stated CN¥9,000 a month middle half CN¥6,000–CN¥9,000 · 5 ads
Journalism jobs in China → The middle figure of the ads for each job, with the middle half of them. Shown only where at least 3 employers posted ads with pay and none posted more than half of them.

Journalism in China

Leading news outlets

cj.sina.com.cncj.sina.com.cn china.org.cn/china.com.cn(中国网)news.china.com.cn 光明网news.gmw.cn 中关村在线news.zol.com.cn 驱动之家news.mydrivers.com 凤凰网（凤凰新媒体）finance.ifeng.com 搜狐新闻news.sohu.com

The highest-ranked news sites based in China in EventRegistry's news-source ranking, most important first. Updated monthly.

Press freedom
178 / 180 Very serious

In the 2026 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), China ranks 178 of 180, with a score of 13.8 out of 100. The same rank as the year before.

RSF World Press Freedom Index ↗

By job type

NCAC · Newspaper or periodical publishing an unpublished work: at least 100 yuan per 1,000 charactersCN¥100 1,000 characters
NCAC · Reprint or excerpt by another newspaper or periodical (statutory licence)CN¥100 1,000 characters
NCAC · Original work, basic fee (book and print publishing)CN¥80–CN¥300 1,000 characters
Journalist in China, every figure →
NCAC · Translation, basic feeCN¥50–CN¥200 1,000 characters
Fewer than 3 figures, so this job stays as a row here.

Rates documents 2

Default fees for use of written works, China, from 1 Nov 2014 · NCAC1 Nov 2014 · 4

Unions and bodies in China

NCAC · government1 document NBS · statistics office1 document

Nearby

Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.

Indonesia$23.19India$7.11Israel$1.21
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About this data. These rates are compiled from publicly available sources and quoted as printed, with their date. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any figure. For information only: Journalist.net does not recommend or set rates. How we count

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