"WASHINGTON - Congress should set in motion a sweeping initiative to ensure that the United States can stay ahead of China's rapid development of dual-use quantum technologies and artificial intelligence, urges the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission in its latest annual report. 'Whoever leads in quantum (and artificial intelligence) will control the encryption of the digital economy; enable breakthroughs in materials, energy, and medicine; and gain asymmetric and likely persistent advantage in intelligence and targeting,' the commission's 2025 report, presented to Congress today, says."
"The commission's 2025 report finds that China is continuing to 'pour significant resources into over-the-horizon technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing that have dual-use purposes and could accelerate China's military and intelligence capabilities.' Thus, the group recommends that lawmakersestablish by 2030 a 'quantum first' goal to 'focus on quantum computational advantage in three mission-critical domains-cryptography, drug discovery, and materials science.' The commission argues that the 2030 timeline 'is essential to ensure the United States achieves quantum leadership before any adversary can leverage these capabilities against American interests.'"
China is rapidly investing in dual-use quantum technologies and artificial intelligence that could accelerate military and intelligence capabilities. Leadership in quantum and AI will control digital encryption, enable breakthroughs in materials, energy, and medicine, and provide asymmetric intelligence and targeting advantages. The United States should treat quantum as a mission-critical national capability rather than a research silo. Lawmakers should adopt a 'quantum first' goal to achieve computational advantage by 2030 in cryptography, drug discovery, and materials science. Congress should fund scalable quantum computing modalities, secure communications, post-quantum cryptography, and workforce development, including a Quantum Software Engineering Institute for software foundations.
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