Trump Signs Executive Order to Accelerate Quantum Computing Development, Enhance Government Cybersecurity

(Central News Agency, Washington, June 22, Comprehensive Foreign News) U.S. President Trump signed two executive orders today aimed at accelerating the development of quantum computing and enhancing cybersecurity. This cutting-edge technology may surpass today's supercomputers in the future.

According to reports from Agence France-Presse and Reuters, major U.S. quantum computer development companies, including International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Microsoft, and Google, are aiming to build the world's first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029.

Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said that the executive orders signed by Trump require U.S. government agencies to cooperate with private enterprises to develop quantum computers usable for scientific research by 2028.

Traditional computers store information using "bits," while quantum computers use "qubits." Unlike traditional bits, which can only be 0 or 1, qubits can exist in a superposition of 0 and 1, meaning a single qubit can carry more information.

This enables quantum computers to process vast amounts of information and "all possibilities" simultaneously, theoretically offering computational speeds and performance far exceeding any existing system. However, this technology could also break current encryption systems that protect computers from hacking, raising concerns about malicious cyberattacks.

However, the error rate of current quantum computers remains too high, making them unable to operate stably beyond research purposes.

A senior White House official stated that the quantum computers developed in cooperation with the U.S. government may be slightly inferior in performance to the commercial versions promised by private companies.

The official said, "We view the development of quantum computers with scientific application value as a transitional phase, which will be an important cornerstone for moving towards larger and more powerful systems in the future."

The second executive order signed by Trump involves cybersecurity and "post-quantum cryptography," which is encryption technology that can resist cracking by powerful quantum computers.

Kratsios stated that this order will accelerate the transition process to prevent cyberattacks caused by quantum computers, with the goal of converting critical government information systems to use post-quantum cryptography by 2030 or 2031. (Compiled by Liu Wenyu) 1150623

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