Insider Brief
A new report from the Special Competitive Studies Project finds that the United States maintains a slight overall lead over China in quantum technologies, but warns that China’s coordinated national strategy is steadily narrowing the gap.
The report concludes that the United States retains advantages in areas such as quantum software, error correction, private investment and parts of the supply chain, while China leads in quantum networking deployment and is gaining ground in materials, manufacturing and talent development.
According to the analysis, the eventual leader in quantum technologies will be the nation that can most effectively translate research breakthroughs into scalable, operational systems across computing, sensing and communications.
The United States still holds a narrow lead over China in the race to develop quantum technologies, but that advantage is shrinking as Beijing deploys a coordinated national strategy that increasingly challenges American strengths in research, manufacturing and commercialization.
