Currently cities have become important laboratories for urban innovation and transformation. Basing on the report of Cities as a Lab：Designing the Innovation Eeconomy issued by the American Institute of Architects，the paper mines advanced experience from other international cities in designing urban space to promote the innovation economy development，improve public services level and other fields.The paper puts forward some suggestions to Chinese cities including that urban planning will become the crowbar for city transformation and innovation；to pay more attention to the resilience in urban planning；urban innovation planning still focus on internal urban space；intelligence，ecology，share，security have become the core subjects in designing the innovative space.