China’s first complete quantum computer system using cold atoms as qubits, “Hanyuan-1,” has achieved commercial application, securing orders worth over 40 million yuan ($5.6 million USD), including its first overseas export order to Pakistan. The development was supported by the Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology and led by the Innovation Academy of Precision Measurement Science and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in conjunction with Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, among others.
The Hanyuan-1 system features 100 qubits, a measured single-qubit gate fidelity of 0.999, and a two-qubit gate fidelity of 0.98, meeting the benchmark level for commercial-grade neutral atom quantum computers. The entire machine is integrated into 3 standard racks, requires no cryogenic refrigeration system, and its maintenance difficulty and energy consumption are reportedly reduced by more than 90% compared to superconducting quantum computers. This lack of cryogenic dependence allows the machine to operate stably in ordinary laboratory environments.
The project team successfully achieved the localization of core components by building a complete R&D system from chip growth to packaging and testing, overcoming previous bottlenecks related to components like narrow-linewidth high-power lasers, which are included in the U.S. export control list. The team also developed an Atomic Quantum Computing Cloud Platform, which is intended to provide integrated services for visualized algorithm design and hardware optimization, and is currently integrated with over 50 universities and enterprises.
The team is currently establishing China’s first atomic quantum computing center in Hubei, which will feature a multi-machine cluster system to provide continuous computing power services for ultra-complex scenarios such as financial risk analysis and industrial partial differential equation solving. The focus of competition is now shifting from qubit count to system practicality and engineering capability, with the goal of providing large-scale atomic computing power services by 2027.
Read the full announcement in Hubei Daily here and the LinkedIn summary here.
November 3, 2025
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