Solana event in China suddenly postponed after huge interest

A major Solana (SOL) event in the Chinese city of Shanghai has been postponed at the last minute. Interest turned out to be much greater than expected, pushing the organisation to the limits of the permitted visitor capacity.

At the same time, reports of police action appeared on social media. This caused confusion about the actual reason for the postponement.

The event was part of Accelerate China, a series of meetings with which Solana aims to reach developers, entrepreneurs and other interested parties in China.

Lily Liu, president of the Solana Foundation, stated on Friday on X that the number of applications had quadrupled in one night. As a result, the interest would have exceeded the capacity permitted by local rules.

The organisation therefore decided to postpone the event in Shanghai. According to Liu, it was a capacity problem, not an announced ban on the meeting.

Meanwhile, a different image emerged on social media. There appeared messages stating that the police were involved and that the event had been shut down. Those reports led to speculation about possible intervention by the Chinese authorities.

However, Liu's statement does not confirm that the meeting was banned by the police. The exact role of the authorities remains unclear.

The delay comes at a striking moment. Solana is trying to increase its presence in China and had announced the opening of an office in Shanghai that same week.

The Shanghai meeting was part of a broader series of events. According to the original schedule, the tour would continue after Shanghai to Hangzhou on Sunday, Shenzhen on Tuesday and Beijing on Thursday.

It is not clear whether the postponement in Shanghai will affect the other meetings.

Solana previously also hosted an event in Shenzhen. That meeting took place in early October 2025 and was prematurely ended. The new incident in Shanghai therefore attracts extra attention, although it is not certain that both events have the same cause.

The great interest shows that there is still interest in the network behind Solana in China. At the same time, the incident underscores how complicated it can be to host large crypto gatherings in the country.

China has had a strict policy against cryptocurrencies for years. Among other things, the country has restricted or prohibited the trade in crypto coins, the issuance of new tokens via so-called ICOs and large-scale cryptomining.

In February, the Chinese central bank and seven other government agencies reaffirmed that the existing restrictions remain in place. It also warned against the unauthorized issuance of stablecoins linked to the Chinese yuan.

That does not mean that any activity around blockchain technology is prohibited. However, crypto projects in China operate within a strict regulatory framework.

For Solana, this is an important distinction. The network wants to reach developers and companies, but must take Chinese regulations into account. Whether those rules played a direct role in the postponement of the meeting in Shanghai has not yet been determined