The end of surplus labour is not an event, but a process.

劳动力市场供大于求的终结，并非是一个突发事件，而是一个缓慢的过程。

China will absorb the remaining surplus Labour in the next 2-3 years.

中国将在未来2年至3年吸收剩下的多余劳动力。

China's surplus Labour will eventually dry up, but it still seems some years away.

中国的剩余劳动力终有会用完的一天，但是仍需时日。

Until recently, most estimates of surplus Labour varied between 150m and 200m people.

直至最近，许多对剩余劳动力的估计多是介于1.5亿至2亿之间。

Exporting surplus Labour spares the struggling economy the need to suffer falling wages.

出口剩余劳动力能免除了经济困难但需要承受工资下降的后果。