Taking the two traditional stories of Yellow Crane Tower and high mountains and flowing water as examples, this paper discusses the strategic innovation of international communication of Chinese traditional culture. First of all, excavating the source of traditional story creation needs to be integrated with contemporary urban development, the innovative design of traditional story plot needs to form common ground with contemporary universal values, and the role of traditional cultural strategic resources needs to be consistent with the construction of ecological civilization. Secondly, in the process of reprinting traditional stories, we should make full use of the ingenious design of encyclopedia introduction and cultural publicity to link the innovative publishing of traditional stories with the progress of human civilization and the peaceful development of the world. Finally, the innovative communication mode of culture should help urban international cooperation and industrial transformation and upgrading