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Title:: Analyzing and Resolving the Problem of Excessive Labor Outflowin Rural China: An Empirical Investigation Based on Villages in Chongqing

Keywords:: excessive rural labor outflow; social problems; agricultural production; urbanization

Abstract:: Since the beginning of reform and opening up, Chinese villages have undergone sustained and rapid labor outflow for more than 30 years. This has promoted both the development of Chinese urbanization and the transformation of Chinese society. However, the current labor outflow in rural areas makes some regions short of labor, and thus paradoxically labor surplus and shortage both exist in China’s countryside today. The labor migrating out of rural areas constitutes not only a new force promoting the development of Chinese cities but the main element in the construction of Chinese villages as well. The increasingly widespread excessive labor outflow from China’s rural areas has caused many new social problems. Therefore, through analyzing the data from villages in Chongqing, this paper aims to analyze the features, causes and effects of labor outflow in China’s rural areas and explore the approach to resolving this social problem.