Abstract: An investigation of the laborer shortage appearing in the regions surrounding the Pearl River can discover that, on condition of market economy, there has always been a contradiction between capital being in pursuit of surplus value and labor wage growing. If other costs unchanged, the enterpriser’s overpursuit of surplus value is sure to produce harm to laborers. And laborer wage, as a special reward element, possesses specific content, which decides laborers’ leaving once their basic need for wage is not met. It is a result of making a choice after comparison with their benefits. Laborer shortage displays the shortage of safeguard system for laborer interests. It is necessary to improve systematic management so as to construct a harmonious society.

Key words: surplus value, wage theory, harmonious society, systematic management
, laborer shortage