At present our country has a shortage of skilled mechanics, the concrete forms of it are the technical workers technical level structure being unbalanced, the kind of work in factory disposition unbalanced, the age bracket for works and the region distributed unbalanced. The causes of mechanic shortage include that judgment for social value system existence is biased, the information between mechanic labor force supply and demand is impeded, and the welfare factor. In this context, the government should,on the basis of market regulation mechanism,give full play to its guide and services functions, then strengthen policy orientation and deepen reform, make the whole society establish the right pluralistic-values-agreement and skills evaluation system.