As of May 2009, there are over 1,600 CFA Institute members in China, which makes China one of the largest regions globally by the number of CFA members. The China market also sees the highest growth in both the number of new Level I exam registrations and the number of members.

According to the July 2011 demographic of members in China, their investment practices are broken down into the following categories: 38.1% as equities; 15.1% as fixed income; 14.6% as private equity and venture capital; 6.6% as commodities, derivatives and foreign currency; 3% as real estate; and 22.6% as other.