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About Shanghai International Blockchain Summit & 7th Global Blockchain Summit

The Global Blockchain Summit hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs in every autumn at Shanghai is an influential blockchain event featuring professional speakers and premium content. This event was initiated in 2015 and has been held for seven years running. In 2016, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs held the first Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon and Open Day, which made the Shanghai International Blockchain Week with the Global Blockchain Summit. Since then, Shanghai International Blockchain Week has become an important platform to showcase the progress and achievement of the blockchain technologies and use cases.

Renowned business leaders, experts and scholars from the blockchain industry, such as Li Lihui, Former President of the Bank of China, Yao Qian, Director General of Science and Technology Supervision Bureau of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Vitalik Buterin, Founder of Ethereum and Chief Economist of Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, Michinobu Kishi, Associate Director General, Payment and Settlement Department, Bank of Japan, etc. delivered thought-provoking speeches at previous events.

2021 Shanghai International Blockchain Week, consisting of Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon, Open Day and the 7th Global Blockchain Summit, will dig into the hotspots of the global blockchain industry and share with the audience the latest opportunities and development.

Hackathon Oct.22^th-24^th

This year’s hackathon is geared up to gather excellent blockchain developers and enthusiasts around the world for tight competitions.

Venue: New Chainbase (11/F), Financial Geek Factory & China Shanghai （North Bund）Blockchain Application Demonstration Center (19/F), Technology and Finance Building, Hongkou District, Shanghai

Open Day Oct.25^th

To nurture an atmosphere of dynamic and in-depth communication, we have this special day for fellow companies to display their projects and technologies and for our audience to explore more exciting opportunities. During the blockchain week last year, there were nearly a hundred blockchain-focused activities around our site.

(Wanxiang Blockchain is not responsible for the details and quality of Open Day activities organized by other companies.)

Venue: Please refer to information released by organizers

7^th Global Blockchain Summit Oct 26^th-27^th

The two-day event will take place in W Shanghai-The Bund and be broadcasted online at the same time. It will invite prominent technical leaders, experts and scholars from various industries as always to jointly discuss the latest achievements, trends and ideas of the blockchain industry and promote the large-scale commercial application of the blockchain technology through integrated innovation as an effort to truly create socio-economic value.

Venue: W Shanghai -The Bund No.66 Lvshun Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, China

Important Tips

Business Cooperation

Please send email to summit@blockchainlabs.org

Refund Rules

You can request a refund 24 hours before the event and will be charged 10% refund fee of the ticket price. Please arrange your time properly.

Invoice/Receipt

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COVID-19 Prevention

Please obey the COVID-19 related travel rules in China and your country when arranging your trip to China. The host, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, will not be responsible for problems caused by the breach of the travel rules.

The history of Shanghai International Blockchain Week and Global Blockchain Summit

The Global Blockchain Summits and Shanghai International Blockchain Week, hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs every autumn since 2015, have been an influential and iconic industrial events in Asia. Every year, vanguards from blockchain and other industries from all over the world are gathered to discuss the development trend, challenges and opportunities of blockchain technology.

The First Global Blockchain Summit

The Global Blockchain Summit is a world-renowned international and high-level blockchain summits, founded and hosted annually by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs. On Oct. 15th, 2015, the first summit – “Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy” was the very early public blockchain event in China, recognized as an iconic event of the development of blockchain technology in the nation, making 2015 a remarkable year for blockchain in China.

2016 Shanghai International Blockchain Week

From Sep. 19th -24th , 2016, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and the Ethereum Foundation co-hosted a six-day Shanghai Blockchain festival under the theme of “Blockchain: New Economic Horizon”. The event included DevCon2, Demo Day, and the 2nd Global Blockchain Summit, attracting nearly a hundred speakers and 1000+ participants from around the world,  bringing the development and status of the blockchain industry in China to a whole new level.

The 3rd Global Blockchain Summit

From Sep. 14th -16th , 2017, the 3rd Global Blockchain Summit, themed as “Blockchain New Economy: Breaking Dawn”, was hosted at W Shanghai - The Bund, attracting more than 1000 participants from various industries around the world. During the event, world-renowned speakers shared their thoughts on the application, regulation, and the future trend of the blockchain technology.

2018 Shanghai International Blockchain Week

2018 Shanghai International Blockchain Week consisted of Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon, Tech Open Day and the 4th Global Blockchain Summit themed as “Blockchain New Economy: Tech Exploration”. The Hackathon gathered 100+ developers around the world to demonstrate their innovative ideas through fierce competition. On Tech Open Day, founders and developers from major blockchain platforms introduced the latest development of their projects. On Summit Days, representatives from various industries shared their insights on solutions empowered by the blockchain technology and envisioned the true value of blockchain technology in future industrial application.

2019 Shanghai International Blockchain Week

2019 Shanghai International Blockchain Week featured Hackathon, Demo Day and the 5th Global Blockchain Summit under the theme of “Blockchain New Economy: New Decades New Beginning”. This week long event attracted around 2000 attendees to demonstrate their projects and share their insights on blockchain application, supervision and trends.

2020 Shanghai International Blockchain Week

2020 Shanghai International Blockchain Week featured Hackathon, Demo Day and the 5th Global Blockchain Summit under the theme of “Blockchain New Economy: Integrated Innovation”. As the climax of 2020 Shanghai International Blockchain Week, the 6^th Global Blockchain Summit invited prominent technical leaders, experts and scholars from various industries to jointly discuss the latest achievements, trends and ideas of the blockchain industry and promote the large-scale commercial application of the blockchain technology through integrated innovation as an effort to truly create socio-economic values.

Organizer-Wanxiang Blockchain Labs

Funded by China Wanxiang Holdings, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs is a non-profit research institution focusing on Blockchain technology. Wanxiang Blockchain Labs provides support for the research, entrepreneurship, developments and applications in the industry. It will also provide reference information for regulatory bodies. Overall, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs dedicate itself to the promotion and application of Blockchain industry, and to explore how the technology will be contributing to the development of the economy and the society. As the earlier research organization in China and determines to devote itself to promote the development of blockchain technology globally, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs has been hosting global blockchain summits in China, which have become an influential and iconic industrial events in Asia. Through these efforts, participants from various industries have showed great interest in blockchain technology and the known the potential of what it could bring to the world.