In the 21st century of economic and information globalization, how to develop yourself creatively and find your own unique development potential and cultural assets is the core goal of each city. This course explores how to use human imagination and talent to make the city more livable by stating strategic urban planning methods. At the same time, it gives the thinking method, operation process and matters needing attention of creating a creative city, and also lists a large number of practical cases. This course aims to enable students to have a more complete understanding of the knowledge system of creative cities. What`s more, students can gain insight into how creativity drives urban development and the development patterns that different cities adopt in the process of creating creative cities.