Facing the wave of globalization, advanced countries considered the cultural creative industries as the focal point of economic development one by one. Besides, the academic discussions on cultural industries also shifted from the criticism after WWII on mass culture to concerning the role of cultural industries in the economic development, for example, the promotion of urban regeneration by cultural economic policies. The aim of this study is to develop cultural creative industry as the urban regeneration policies. Ruhr Industrial Area in Germany was selected as study cases. This paper discusses the relation between cultural creative industry and urban regeneration. By strengthening the creative and cultural cities, the development of cultural creative industries, will help improve urban living environment, the city's image to change the negative impact of urban development to be renewable.