Metal active sites and sufficient porosity in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crucial parameters determining the performances of catalysis, guest molecule adsorption, etc. Herein, through in situ introduction of Ru sites with different levels to Cu-BTC structure together with post-synthetic activation at 180 °C, a series of hierarchically porous CuRu-BTC (HP-CuRu-BTC) MOFs were obtained. Besides, selective thermal decomposition (STD) treatment was carried out at 240 °C to further tune the hierarchical pores and metal sites, yielding rare case of metal nanoparticles (NPs)@HP-CuRu-BTC composites. After full characterization by XRD, N 2 physisorption, SEM, ICP and XPS, these HP-CuRu-BTC and NPs@HP-CuRu-BTC samples possess high surface area (682-1199 m 2 g À 1 ), hierarchical pores and highly distributed metal sites with reduced oxidation states (Cu + and Ru 2 + ), indicating regulation of both metal sites and hierarchical pores.