2004年春季以后,东部沿海珠三角、闽东南、浙东南等劳动力密集型制造业较为发达的地区纷纷开始遭遇“民工荒”现象。国家劳动和社会保障部课题组就民工短缺问题在这几个地区所进行的调研显示:民工短缺在局部地区客观存在,重点地区估计缺工10%左右;珠三角的深圳、东莞,闽东南的 After the spring of 2004, the labor-intensive manufacturing industries in the eastern coastal Pearl River Delta, southeastern Fujian and southeast Zhejiang began to experience the phenomenon of “shortage of migrant workers” one after another. A survey conducted by the task force of the State Ministry of Labor and Social Security on the problem of shortage of migrant workers in these areas shows that the shortage of migrant workers exists objectively in some areas and the estimated lack of work in key areas is about 10%; that of Shenzhen, Dongguan and southeastern Fujian in the Pearl River Delta