The contribution of labor-intensive enterprises to the world economy can not be ignored, but the advantages of labor-intensive enterprises were affected by the economic development, so the study of labor-intensive enterprises is of great significance. This paper reviewed the concept ,the influence factors, certain specific industries, the development transformation of labor-intensive enterprises, but there is still a lack of in-depth, comprehensive and with the times study. Therefore, the future research should first have a system of research ideas, and then combined with the characteristics of the development of the times, multi industry and multi angle research, to provide reference for its development and transformation.