STORY: China's computing industry scale hit 2.6 tln yuan in 2022
DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:48
LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XUE QIKUN, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Southern University of Science and Technology

STORYLINE:

The scale of China's computing industry hit 2.6 trillion yuan (about 362.2 billion dollars) in 2022, according to the 2023 World Computing Conference, which is held in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province from Sept. 14-16.

Over the last six years, China has shipped over 20.91 million general servers and 820,000 artificial intelligence (AI) servers, according to a white paper released at the conference by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XUE QIKUN, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Southern University of Science and Technology
"Now we are facing the second quantum revolution. On the foundation of the past over 100 years, we can work out a quantum system on our own initiative, so as to develop some new technologies including quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum precision measurement and sensing, and so on. An important opportunity involving an industrial revolution is coming. China should grasp the trend and be prepared."

Themed "Calculating the World to Create a New Era - New Changes in the Computing Industry," the conference focuses on fields such as advanced computing, digital infrastructure, and AI and smart societies.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Changsha, China.
(XHTV)