China should more actively pursue the global lead in quantum governance to secure a strategic edge, an influential mainland think tank has urged, as dual-use quantum tech emerges as an increasingly important front in the country’s wide-ranging rivalry with the United States.
“The competition in quantum computing is not merely a race in technology but a test of national innovation systems and strategic endurance,” Zhang Yi, a senior research fellow with Grandview Institution, wrote in an article published last month.
“China must seize the current technological window of opportunity and, while safeguarding supply-chain security, take a more open and proactive role in global quantum governance to secure a leading position in the future technological landscape.”
Beijing in recent years has pinned ever higher hopes on quantum technologies to drive economic growth, bolster tech self-reliance and advance its defence capabilities.
