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China Is Opening a New Quantum Research Supercenter
The National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences will be the center of China's attempt to take the global lead in quantum computing.
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China is building a $10 billion research center for quantum applications on 37 hectares (nearly 4 million square feet) in Hefei, Anhui Province.
The National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences, slated to open in 2020, has two major research goals: quantum metrolog,y and building a quantum computer. Both efforts would support military and national defense efforts, as well civilian innovators.
Pan Jianwei, a leading Chinese quantum scientist, says that the first general-purpose Chinese quantum computer could have a million times the computing power of all other computers presently in the world.
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