Abstract: China’s urban renewal work has entered a new phase. It covers all the urgent issues of urban spatial dimensions. They include not only the environmental problems of urban space in the physical sense，but also the upgrading and reconstruction of cultural and recreational environments in the field of comprehensive urban governance. When the Internet has entered the web2.0 era all round currently，digital virtual technologies have been brought into the construction of urban space，especially the urban cultural space.Developers conserve urban historical and cultural resources digitally as data，and engage participants with richer visualizations to invest more time，so that they can learn and exchange culturally at virtual cultural venues via digital technology and media. The booming of contemporary publishing industry，game industry，and digital tourism shows that in the modern society the behavior pattern of cultural participation has taken place on the spot and online in a parallel manner. To cope with such a transformation，the current digital technology and means should be fully employed to break through the barrier between the real and virtual realms. A“parallel city”can be established by relying on the digital virtual cultural space that is built on real physical space，metaverse and other logical structures，and the parallel mechanism of updating reality and constructing relevant scenery. This will hopefully provide a broader view for China’s urban renewal in the future.

Key words: metaverse；theory of the production of space；urban cultural space；comprehensive urban governance；virtual cultural space