Abstract: The shortage of farmer workers that lasts from 2004 to 2005 is absolutely not a temporary or accidental social phenomena. The shortage is not demand exceeding supply or supply exceeding demand actually.

• 从2004年持续到2005年的“民工荒”现象来看,“民工荒”绝不是一个短期的社会现象,也不是一个偶然的社会现象。