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A Highland of Vitality

Launched at the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing in late May, China’s new-generation quantum computing cloud platform Quafu is capable of more than just performing complex computations for scientists.

Its introduction makes quantum computing accessible to those outside the scientific research community, as the technology is expected to be applied in more fields such as logistics in the years to come, Fan Heng, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Physics, told the forum.

Quafu’s release was among the highlights of the forum, which ran from May 25 to 30 and gathered 650 enterprises and institutions from around the world. Themed on Open Cooperation for a Shared Future, the event featured more than 150 activities. Its exhibition

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