Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao had lunch with steel workers on Monday to mark Labor Day, state media said, as the country's rapidly expanding economy faces a growing labor shortage. Wen was shown on state television shaking hands with workers in blue jumpsuits and red hardhats at Beijing's Capital Iron and Steel Co. He then carried a tray over and sat at a table with workers at the company's canteen.
See "Chinese Leader Has Lunch With Workers", Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 2006