I have not been absent for 11 consecutive years! The 2025 Shanghai Blockchain International Week will start again this fall in October
It has truly witnessed the development of the blockchain industry in China and the world. It has never been absent for 11 consecutive years. The 2025 Shanghai Blockchain International Week will once again be grandly opened in October. Among them, on October 23, the “11th Blockchain Global Summit” hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Lab will be the core event of the International Week, bringing together popular figures. During Shanghai Blockchain Week from October 20 to 25, dozens of surrounding events such as technology sharing, project roadshows, and academic seminars will also be presented simultaneously at various venues in Shanghai, creating a Web3 feast covering technology, business, and culture.
Eleven years of accumulation, witness the trend of the industry
Since the first summit was held in 2015, the Blockchain Global Summit has reached its 11th year. It has become the top event in the global blockchain field, bringing together top thought leaders from the fields of technology, finance, academia, etc. Li Lihui, former governor of Bank of China; Xiao Feng, chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain; Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum; Nick Szabo, father of smart contracts; Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot; Juan Benet, founder and CEO of Protocol Labs; Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana; Sergey Nazarov, co-founder of Chainlink; Co-founder of NEAR Protocol Illia Polosukhin; Avery Ching, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aptos; Jed McCaleb, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Stellar & Ripple; Zeng Ming, Former Chief Strategy Officer of Alibaba; Steven Goldfeder, Co-Founder and Executive President of Offchain Labs; Eli Ben-Sasson, StarkWare Co-Founder and President; Jae Kwon, Cosmos Project Founder Industry legends such as Yale Computer Professor & CertiK co-founder Shao Zhong, Stanford Finance Professor He Zhiguo, MIT Ford Engineering Professor & Turing Award winner Silvio Micali, and Animoca Brands co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu have attended the Wanxiang Summit even more than once and delivered important speeches.
In the past year, the public chain ecosystem exploded, and trends such as large-scale application of RWA became a hot topic; at the same time, the stablecoin regulatory framework gradually became clear, and blockchain is transforming from a “disruptor” to an “enabler.” In this context, the 11th Blockchain Global Summit, with the theme of “Web3, Unbounded”, aims to explore how technological breakthroughs can drive the industry towards a wider range of application scenarios.
Focus on the cutting edge, application implementation: payment, AI and RWA
This summit will continue the high-standard and professional style, covering the following hot topics:
Web3 large-scale application implementation: how to break through user growth bottlenecks in infrastructure, finance, entertainment, etc.;
AI+Web3: Solve issues such as trust, data monopoly, and incentives in the AI field through blockchain technology;
Payments: Topics such as core values and industry changes of Web3 payments, stablecoins and technological innovation, compliance and security;
RWA and the Compliance Process: Traditional Asset On-Chain Practices and Regulatory Challenges
“Web3, Unbounded”: Breaking Borders and Reshaping the Future
The theme of the 2025 Shanghai Blockchain International Week is “Web3, Borderless”, which profoundly echoes the core trend of current industry development — decentralized technology is melting the boundaries of the traditional world and building a new digital world that is more open, connected, and free.
Technology knows no boundaries: break down technical silos and achieve composability and interoperability;
Unbounded finance: capital flows are not restricted by geography or time zone, and the logic of value allocation is restructured;
Collaboration without boundaries: Large-scale collaboration without permission based on DAO and smart contracts
Registration for the 2025 Shanghai Blockchain International Week series of events is open to the world. The special ticket is only 399 yuan. Click to read the original article to purchase. Whether you're a developer, investor, scholar, or enthusiast, this event will provide you with a great opportunity to gain insight into trends and link resources.
Join us in defining an “unbounded” future together!
Applications for speakers and partners (media, sponsors, community, etc.) can be sent by email to: summit@blockchainlabs.org
Organizer - Wanxiang Blockchain Lab
Wanxiang Blockchain Laboratory was established by China Wanxiang Holdings Co., Ltd. in 2015. It gathers experts in the field to conduct research and discussion on technology research and development, commercial application, industrial strategy, etc., to provide guidance for entrepreneurs, provide reference for industry development and policy formulation, and promote blockchain technology to serve the progress of the social economy. Since its establishment, Wanxiang Blockchain Lab has established a global Web3 community and developer network by hosting the Shanghai Blockchain Global Summit & Hong Kong Web3 Carnival every year, organizing hackathons & training camps & incubators, and initiatives such as blockchain book publishing and services, courses for developers and entrepreneurs, blockchain and Web3 research, etc., to promote the popularization and development of blockchain technology.
Past Summits
On October 15, 2015, the first summit with the theme of “Blockchain's New Economy · Blueprint” was recognized by the industry as a landmark event for blockchain development in China. This summit explores the concept and technology of blockchain from a theoretical perspective, considers the security of technology, and discusses “what blockchain can do” to envision a grand blueprint for blockchain. This also set the tone for subsequent summits, that is, the “Blockchain New Economy” Global Summit is a “technical” conference focusing on the exploration and implementation of blockchain technology based on high-quality content.
In 2016, on the basis of the Global Summit, Wanxiang Blockchain Lab expanded the event into the Shanghai Blockchain International Week to provide a richer channel for understanding the progress of blockchain technology and applications around the world. This year's International Week consists of the 2nd Ethereum Developers Conference and the 2nd Blockchain Global Summit. With the theme of “Blockchain New Economy: Horizon”, we call on the industry to make every effort to move forward.
2019 is the beginning of a new decade for the blockchain industry. It is a critical point in history. The theme of this International Week is “New Ten Years, New Starting Point”, with the aim of gathering global strength and starting the next ten years together.
In 2020, the focus of the blockchain industry is shifting from technology research to application implementation. Therefore, the theme of this year's International Week is “Integrated Innovation” to explore the integration and innovation of blockchain technology with next-generation information technologies such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to create complete solutions for different application scenarios.
In 2021, as technologies such as blockchain, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and 5G are increasingly integrated into all fields of economic and social development, the digital economy also developed rapidly. “Digital transformation” is a necessary process leading to the world of the digital economy. In this process, how blockchain can exert its value and make “data” truly a new driving force for business and economic development is the core topic discussed at this summit.
In 2022, the theme of the 8th Blockchain Global Summit was “Chaining the Future Together”. According to the distribution of the solar system, the opening ceremony and the Eight Planets themed venue were set up to invite industry leaders, technical leaders, experts and scholars to share and discuss the future development trends of blockchain.
In 2023, the global blockchain and Web3 industry will further develop, and technological and application innovations will continue to emerge. With the theme of “Next Stop, Web 3.0”, the 9th Blockchain Global Summit focused on cutting-edge topics and technological breakthroughs in the blockchain and Web3.0 industry, and invited industry experts and well-known project leaders from home and abroad to present a feast of knowledge to the participants.
In 2024, the 10th Blockchain Global Summit continued the Shanghai Summit's tradition of focusing on technological development and promoting physical implementation, focusing on new topics such as stablecoins and RWA, “technology development”, and moving forward for the next decade.
