Green employment can be identified as those jobs and industries contributing to ecological and environmental friendly products and services, as well as a process of greening traditional economy system by way of technological innovation on economic sectors. This paper indicates that there would have an increasing potential of green jobs creation in China's cities, including environmental infrastructures, energy-saving buildings, public transportation, renewable energy, ecological tourism, recycling and reusing resources, and so on. It's estimated that the number of traditional green jobs in China's urban sectors is about 20 million. From a broad view, promoting by Green & Low carbon Development, creating more green jobs would depend on economic structure transformation and technological innovation, so as to improve environmental-friendly employment in urban traditional sectors.
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