The invention relates to a method, device and system for transmitting Ethernet signals in an optical transport network. The method includes: mapping the Ethernet signals to a time slot unit divided by a virtual concatenation group which is made up of a plurality of optical channel pure-load unit; mapping the Ethernet signals to the optical channel pure-load unit and then being mapped to the optical channel transport unit and output to the optical transport network to transmit, thus realizing the transparent transmission of the Ethernet signals in the optical transport network. The device includes a first adaptation protocol frame mapping module, a first virtual concatenation module, and a first line terminal module, which convert the Ethernet signals to the optical channel transport unit. The device includes a second line terminal module, a second virtual concatenation module and a second adaptation protocol frame mapping module. The optical channel transport unit is reduced to the Ethernet signals. The system may include the first adaptation protocol frame mapping module, the second adaptation protocol frame mapping module, the first virtual concatenation module, the second virtual concatenation module, the first line terminal module, and the second line terminal module, which convert the Ethernet signals to the OTUs and vice versa.