Firecrackers are prepared for a sacrificial sea ceremony at a harbor in Yantai, a local traditional custom to pray for a good harvest in the coming year, on Feb 15, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

Recruiters hold up job advertisements for migrant labor at a job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, February 15, 2011. China's booming coastal provinces are facing a labor shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays as the seemingly endless flow of migrant workers dries up. [Photo/Agencies]