ShanghaiPride

The event was framed as an entertaining party for foreigners without a public parade in order to avoid official attention.

[citation needed] For the 2012 event, the organisers have announced that it will move back to June and be held over 9 days.

[6] The event encountered restrictions in 2020 as a result of the Chinese Communist Party's increasing clampdown on civil society and public advocacy of LGBTQ rights in China.

[10] After the 2020 edition, organizers said that they were cancelling all upcoming activities and "taking a break from scheduling any future events", one of the organizer, Raymond Phang, later precising that the “Pride has grown to a scale that was probably too visible, likely making an impact, and thus catching too much (unwanted) attention.” and also precising that: “I have to clarify that we were not requested (by officials) to suspend the Pride.

During its conception in 2009, the event planning, partnerships and execution were led by two American women Tiffany Lemay and Hannah Miller, who had resided in Shanghai for several years.

[3] Their status as outsiders created an advantage to hosting the festival, and reduced the potential for government interference.

Most of the organizers were white people who originated from Western countries and were of the middle class, and therefore most of the participants were from the same demographic.