What Happened A subcommittee of the White House's National Science and Technology Council released a report, the "National Strategic Overview for Quantum Information Science," on Sept. 24. The 15-page document recommends goals for President Donald Trump's administration to pursue to help strengthen U.S. capabilities in quantum information science (QIS). Representatives from companies such as Alphabet, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell and Northrop Grumman met at the White House with various academics and government officials to discuss QIS strategy. QIS Competition Pits China Against the U.S. QIS, the scientific research that goes into it and the technologies that emerge from it are key frontiers where the United States and China compete . Though the United States currently has an edge, particularly in research and development, China has prioritized pursuing a national strategy to develop and adopt the technology.