At present,our society is in a criti-cal period of rapid development and transformation of the social structure.Hence, all kinds of social contradictions have emerged which have become barriers for social development.As the capital of the ethnic minority autonomous region in northwest China,Urumqi's grass-root governance has become a key for safeguarding its social stability and build-ing a harmonious society.Community is an impor-tant unit of the urban construct.Therefore,a study on the innovation of the community governance sys-tem will bring about new theories and practical support for community governance.The author of this article believes that the innovativeness of the model of a community governance system can be gained through a study on the development of ur-ban community governance,and the study of urban multi-ethnic community governance especially has more practical meaning.Taking the practice of gov-ernance in the multi-ethnic community of Urumqi as an example, this article analyzes the status and insufficiency of urban multi-ethnic communities, explores the innovative path of community govern-ance in these areas,and puts forward the following suggestions concerning the innovativeness govern-ance in urban multi-ethnic communities.