Labor shortage worsens as migrant workers stay home

Inland provinces are holding job fairs to attract migrant workers home to work, leading enterprises in coastal manufacturing hubs to fear increasingly serious labor shortages.

Zhang Hongbo returned to his hometown Nanchong in Sichuan province for Spring Festival and decided not to return to his job in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

Zhang, 35, had worked in Guangzhou as a mechanic for more than 10 years.