Abstract: The purpose of need analysis of migrant workers to learn Chinese is to serve teaching. This paper takes elementary-level Burmese migrant Chinese learners as the research object and, through questionnaires, observation, interviews and other methods, investigates and analyzes the basic situation and Chinese needs of Burmese migrant workers in Ruili, Yunnan Province, including target needs and learning needs. Teaching suggestions are then made from six aspects-curriculum objectives, teaching content, teaching methods, teachers, teaching language, extracurricular learning and activities-to answer to the call of the time of building a China-Myanmar community of shared future.

Key words: need analysis, Burmese migrant worker, Ruili, Yunnan Province, Chinese learning