Abstract: reasonable and orderly manner to guide the transfer of rural surplus labor force is in the process of China's modernization drive a major issue must be China's surplus labor force in rural areas to the smooth transfer of rural surplus labor force from the background, current status, characteristics of which have led to the reasons for the shift of rural labor force, leads to the transfer of rural surplus labor force generated by the social effects, recognizing that the surplus rural labor force transfer the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and to promote the transfer of surplus rural labor force some of the Key words: surplus labor; social effects; effective transfer;