The migration of surplus farm laborers is a major task in reforming our country's social structure, increasing farmers' income, and building a socialist new countryside and a harmonious society. Moreover, it is also a strategic issue related to the national socio - economic development. In this process the job training for farm laborers is an important link. In reference to foreign experience and the general conditions in the nation, the job training for Chinese farm laborers should break through some institutional and ideological barriers, coordinate relations between labor and educational sectors, put the division of importing and exporting places into order, broaden the inter- linkages between general and vocational education, and increase investment and improve performance assessment, thus enhancing its effectiveness.