千灯湖创投小镇设立于2017年，由市区两级共建，面积1.8平方公里，是广东省首批省级特色小镇创建对象中唯一一个金融类的特色小镇。 千灯湖创投小镇是佛山市建设珠江西岸创投中心的重要物理载体，致力于发展天使投资、创业投资等新兴金融业态，构建以基金机构为核心的风险投资产业生态系统，在技术、资本、创意、人才与珠三角制造业实现全方位合作，助力佛山国家制造业创新中心建设。

Thousand-Lantern Lake Venture Capital Town was established in 2017. It is jointly built by the urban and rural levels and covers an area of 1.8 square kilometers. It is the only financial characteristic town among the first batch of provincial characteristic towns in Guangdong Province. Qiandeng Lake venture capital town is an important physical carrier for Foshan to build a venture capital center on the West Bank of the Pearl River. It is committed to developing angel investment, venture capital and other emerging financial formats, building a venture capital industry ecosystem with fund institutions as the core, achieving all-round cooperation in technology, capital, creativity, talent and manufacturing in the Pearl River Delta, and helping Foshan to build a national manufacturing innovation center.