In China, urbanization has been rapid in the past 40 years. In terms of numeric indicators, China has not only experienced a rapid upgrade in industrialization but also rapid progress in urbanization. However, urbanization in China has focused on "quantity" rather than "quality", increase in the number of cities and towns, and promotion of the speed of urbanization rather than on essential issues such as improvement in the quality and efficiency of urbanization, improvement of the people's living standards, protection of resources and ecological environment, provision of more employment opportunities, and development of the tertiary industry. "Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable" has been addressed in the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). China's new urbanization should be oriented towards sustainable development. It is important how to apply the specific requirements of UN SDGs for the development of China's urbanization. We hold the view that new urbanization has to meet the requirements for the implementation of sustainable development goals from the following two aspects:establishment of an evaluation mechanism to measure the delivery of China's urban sustainable development goals, and development of more alternative paths for achieving the urban sustainable development goals through promotion of green innovation practices.