"With the escalation of worries about variants of the new crown virus, port congestion and component shortages, Taiwan's technology supply chain is feeling the pressure of labor shortages from mainland China.

According to the “Electronic Times” report, industry insiders pointed out that the large-scale shortage of technical personnel in December was unprecedented, because in the past this situation was usually between the end of the second quarter and the third quarter, when the company received Apple’s It only appears when large-scale assembly orders.

The person said that the current labor shortage is caused by a variety of factors, including the new crown virus variant Omicron. Although no cases have been detected in China, the Chinese government is expected to introduce stricter quarantine measures. Many migrant workers who had suffered from the epidemic in 2020 quit their jobs and went home to avoid being quarantined again.

According to supply chain data, the regions most affected by labor shortages are the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, because most of the labor in these coastal areas are migrant workers. Inland manufacturing bases usually hire more locals, so they won't be affected too much.

The unbalanced supply and demand of parts and the congestion of American and European ports are other possible factors leading to the current labor shortage.

Chen Junsheng, chairman and CEO of Acer, recently stated that laptop inventory is at a very low level, and small semiconductors such as power management ICs and codec ICs are in short supply. He said that the company was forced to change IC suppliers because the delivery time of its main suppliers was one year later than planned."