Supported by the strategic investment of China Mobile Chain Leader Fund, the R & D team of China's first atomic quantum computing system has completed a new round of strategic financing.

Author | Qiao Yujie

Editor | Yuan Silai

Yingke learned that recently, Zhongke Kuyuan Technology (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhongke Kuyuan") completed a new round of strategic financing of nearly 100 million yuan, exclusively invested by China Mobile Chain Leader Fund. The financing funds will be mainly used to accelerate the R & D of quantum computing hardware, iterate new products and technologies, and explore application scenarios.

Zhongke Kuyuan is the first domestic company with the R & D and industrialization capabilities of both atomic quantum computing and quantum precision measurement. It is also the "chain leader" enterprise of the quantum technology industrial chain in Hubei Province. The company's core team comes from the Institute of Precision Measurement of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is one of the earliest domestic teams to start researching neutral atomic quantum technology. They have been deeply involved in the field of neutral atomic quantum for more than 20 years and have accumulated systematic technical capabilities in the directions of quantum computing, quantum precision measurement and applications.

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Currently, the industrialization process of quantum technology continues to accelerate. Data from the Photon Box Research Institute shows that the global quantum technology market scale was 8 billion US dollars in 2024, with China accounting for nearly a quarter; it is expected that by 2035, this figure will experience explosive growth, with the global scale exceeding 900 billion US dollars, and the Chinese industrial scale is expected to reach 260 billion US dollars, accounting for nearly 30% of the global market share.

Against the background of the parallel development of multiple quantum computing technology routes, neutral atomic quantum computing has become one of the fastest - progressing systems in global quantum computing R & D and industrialization due to its comprehensive advantages in scalability, engineering implementation, and system integration. In 2024, Zhongke Kuyuan released the first domestic atomic quantum computing system, "Hanyuan No. 1" (rated as an excellent case for the innovation and development of future industries in 2024 by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology - a landmark product in the field of quantum technology), marking an important breakthrough in this frontier direction in China.

Tang Biao, the founder and chairman of the company, said that the core advantage of neutral atomic quantum computing is first reflected in the scalability of the number of qubits. "The number of qubits can be made very large, and at the same time, modular design, assembly, and integration can be carried out." In addition, this technology route does not require contact cooling. "Atomic quantum computing is based on cold atom technology, which directly cools atomic qubits through lasers. It has high cooling efficiency, low power consumption, and can operate at room temperature." It has certain advantages in the deployment conditions and flexibility of the whole machine.

Although quantum computing as a whole is still in the early stage of industrialization, relying on long - term scientific research accumulation and engineering practice, Zhongke Kuyuan has achieved the commercial delivery of "Hanyuan No. 1". It is expected to start the overseas delivery of the whole machine next year, becoming one of the few international teams to complete the closed - loop from R & D to implementation of the atomic quantum computing whole machine. The company said that it will also launch a new - generation atomic quantum computing system, "Hanyuan No. 2", to further improve the overall system architecture, stability, and comprehensive performance.

While improving the hardware system, Zhongke Kuyuan is also simultaneously deploying software and platform capabilities. The company, in cooperation with teams such as the Wuhan Quantum Institute, jointly developed a cloud platform for atomic quantum computing. "Users can access 'Hanyuan No. 1' through the cloud platform, submit computing tasks and run them on the real machine, and the computing results will be directly fed back to the users."

Regarding this round of financing, Tang Biao said that the funds will be mainly used to speed up the R & D of quantum computing hardware, quickly iterate new products and technologies, and at the same time increase investment in talent introduction and application scenario exploration. "We hope to promote atomic quantum computing from experimental verification to commercialization through a faster pace of technological advancement."