In some current studies, the conceptions of cultural planning, creative cities and urban culture-led regeneration are vaguely defined and relatively easy to be overlooked on their own independent research paths and development stages. In this study, we have sorted out and summarized research findings among these three concepts about research contents, theories and methods and conducted comparative analysis based on foreign literature. Consequently, the three concepts are not only related sequentially, but also correlate in the content. Through this comparative study, we seek to establish clear...