BEIJING: China has established a basic independent industry chain for superconducting quantum computers, and it is one of the very few countries that can independently produce quantum computers, which are believed to be critical for future development, a leading Chinese scientist told the Global Times.
However, as the global race for quantum computing continues to heat up and the US continues to crack down on China’s technological rise, “greater efforts are needed to make breakthroughs in key areas that are facing technological blockades by the West,” said Guo Guoping, a deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, and deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Chinese scientists unveiled a third-generation superconducting quantum computer known as Origin Wukong developed by Origin Quantum in January. It was based on China’s first quantum chip production line, first quantum computer operating system, and first quantum computin
g measurement and control system. It also marked China’s first realization of automated batch testing of quantum chips.
The delivery of that computer made China the third country in the world with the ability to deliver a complete quantum computer, cementing the country’s leading position in quantum computing research after achieving quantum superiority, Guo said.
Guo is also the chief scientist of Origin Quantum Computing Technology Co, a leading quantum tech company based in East China’s Anhui Province. The company said that its Origin Wukong quantum computer became operational and was opened to global users on 6th January.
As a Chinese scientist in developing quantum technologies, Guo and his team have been engaged in research for 21 years. He told the Global Times that Origin Wukong had completed 160,000 quantum computing tasks for global users as of 26th February.
The number of times it was accessed remotely from more than 104 countries around the world exceeded 2 million.
Among them, the numbers of
overseas users from the US, Canada, and Russia ranked top three respectively.
Source: Emirates News Agency