The document, titled Optimizing U.S. Export Controls for Critical and Emerging Technologies, states: “This policy, although minor, will prevent quantum technology inputs from reaching China in ways that mirror semiconductor export controls.” “This may be a sign of the department’s future desire to prevent this.”
As this technology matures, it is expected to improve sensing, navigation, data security, and computing power. It can help the military or threaten digital security systems, according to the think tank’s research.
In semiconductors, China faced expanded U.S. sanctions last year affecting access to advanced chip-making tools and artificial intelligence processors.
According to the paper, in 2020, President Xi Jinping emphasized the strategic value of quantum technology, and China invested US$15.3 billion worth of public investment in related research, compared to only US$3.7 billion in the United States. That’s what it means.
China also has advantages in some quantum raw materials and low-cost “off-the-shelf” components that support the technology, he added.
China is also implementing policies that make it clear that the development of quantum technology is of paramount importance.
Quantum technology is considered a top priority in China’s five-year development plan for 2021-25, with a document released by two Chinese ministries last month urging the country to “seize the opportunity”.
“China has also implemented policies that make it clear that quantum technology development is also of paramount importance,” the US research paper said.
The newspaper said U.S. officials should strengthen ties with Europe now that quantum technology is “on the forefront of national security.”
Equipment such as laser diodes, dilution refrigerators and optical lithography equipment “remains in the hands of a small number of companies in countries that share strong relationships with the United States,” the paper said.
“Therefore, the United States should continue to engage in dialogue with these countries and companies to build capacity and adjust for future export restrictions that may occur once the technology is more established,” it added.
China introduces new export restrictions on high-tech products amid conflict with US
China introduces new export restrictions on high-tech products amid conflict with US
The Biden administration began shutting down quantum communications in a 2022 executive order on “certain national security technologies” and “countries of concern,” according to the think tank.
The U.S. government is particularly concerned that if another country gains the upper hand, it could be able to bypass the sophisticated encryption that ordinary computers use.
“The targeted foreign investment curbs included in the Biden administration’s executive order will help the quantum industry of the United States and its allies, which may already be lagging behind China in at least some areas,” the newspaper said. “It should be used carefully so as not to strangle the person,” he advised.
Quantum technology could become a bigger issue as long as the U.S. and China have other disputes, such as Taiwan and China’s influence in the disputed region of the South China Sea, said former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. , said Kerr Gibbs, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Currently a full-time executive at the University of San Francisco.
“The United States and China are already in an aggressive posture, and everything else is just tactics,” Gibbs said.