Abstract: Compared with the national parks located in “remote areas”, the national parks around the metropolis have recreational supply due to their proximity to tourist sources, closer connection with the functional development of the city, and more stakeholders involved in planning and management. The dual characteristics of strong capacity and large scale of leisure tourism demand also need to take into account the balance between ecological protection and urban service functions. The construction and management experience of "urban national parks" and "national urban parks" such as the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco, the Gateway National Recreation Area in New York, and the Rouge National City Park in Canada show that, under the premise of fully considering ecological protection, based on the metropolitan city urban development functions and citizens’ leisure and tourism needs, in-depth exploration of natural ecological resources, overall planning and layout of ecological protection and urban service function space, creating a diversified urban recreation service system, and establishing a unified, standardized and efficient management mechanism are the sustainable development of national parks around the metropolis, inevitable path of development. This study intends to provide reference ideas and relevant suggestions for the construction of national parks around my country's qualified metropolises by analyzing and summarizing international advanced typical cases.