特色小鎮是在幾平方公裏土地上集聚特色産業、生産生活生态空間相融合、不同于行政建制鎮和(hé)産業園區(qū)的(de)創新創業平台。特色小城(chéng)鎮是擁有幾十平方公裏以上土地和(hé)一定人(rén)口經濟規模、特色産業鮮明(míng)的(de)行政建制鎮。

2016年，特色小鎮上升到國家層面，成爲一種市場(chǎng)化(huà)主導的(de)創新創業發展的(de)新模式，其本質是産城(chéng)融合發展理(lǐ)念下(xià)的(de)産業集聚、升級和(hé)培育問題，不同點在于特色小鎮的(de)文化(huà)IP營造，實現産業、文化(huà)、旅遊、生活的(de)融合發展。由于我國地域遼闊，各地經濟背景、自然資源 迥異，因此特色小鎮在不同省份的(de)界定方式與發展模式也(yě)有所不同。

The characteristic town is an innovative and entrepreneurial platform that integrates characteristic industries, production and living ecological space on several square kilometers of land, and is different from administrative towns and industrial parks. The characteristic small towns are administrative towns with a land area of dozens of square kilometers and a certain population and economic scale, and distinctive industries.

n 2016, the characteristic towns rose to the national level and became a new model of market-oriented innovation and entrepreneur ship development. The essence of this is the industrial agglomeration, upgrading and cultivation under the concept of integrated production and development. The difference lies in the characteristic towns. Cultural IP is created to realize the integrated development of industry, culture, tourism and life. Due to the vast territory of China and the different economic backgrounds and natural