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China is currently hosting the 2014 International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC), which began on Sunday and will go on until Thursday in east Hefei, the capital of east China's Anhui Province.
The conference, which is being held in China for the first time, has convened more than 400 scholars in the field of quantum physics from around the world.
Physicists from 28 countries and regions will confer about research, achievements and development in the quantum information field throughout the meet, which is the world's most influential biannual quantum conference, according to Xinhua News Agency.
"China's quantum information science and technology is developing very fast and China leads in some areas in this field," said Pan Jianwei, a leading Chinese quantum physicist and professor at the University of Science and Technology of China who won the International Quantum Communication Award in 2012.
China will attain Asia-Europe intercontinental quantum key distribution in 2020 and then establish a global quantum communication network in 2030, Pan said.
According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China started a program to launch a satellite for quantum information and technology experiments in 2016.
"The technology of metropolitan quantum communication is basically mature, but if we want to achieve worldwide communication, we need to help satellites," Pan added.
The program is doing well and has achieved momentous technological breakthroughs, according to Pan.
