Perhaps just another little effort to retain talent in China's highly undersupplied and fluid labor market, an automotive and motorcycle supplier in Zhejiang province is now using a "mood board" to make sure every worker is happy.

Zhejiang Zhenan Vehicle Industry Co. Ltd. set up the board in its injection molding shop, where workers post their moods - sunny, cloudy or rainy, according to a recent report from Zhejiang Daily.

General manager Chen Fenlan noted that injection molding of precision parts requires operators' full concentration. "Good moods benefit both the company and the employees."

One employee posted a rainy mood a few days ago, the company said, which prompted the supervisor to investigate and discover that the employee had difficulty paying his child's tuition. The company chipped in with money from an employees' fund.

Those who believe that smaller manufacturers in China pay no attention to psychological health and safety in the workplace are wrong, the company added.

I wonder whether this idea, or something along the line, would help China's largest employer of migrant labor workers Foxconn to solve its worker suicide problem. Foxconn is Apple's main manufacturing partner. Apple recently banned a game by Italian developer Molleindustria that is believed to be a reference to factory suicides related to Foxconn.