High-Speed Optical Fiber Communication in China

In the past decade, China has made great investments in studying photonics and photocommunication with larger communication capacity, better performance, and lower cost. After years of heavy investment, great progress has been made in academic research, manufacturing capabilities, and optical network scale. The number of papers written and published by researchers in China in the world's top optical fiber communication conferences has increased year by year, accounting for about 10% of the total number of papers. These high-level articles show that scientists in China have made great strides in photonics research in devices, systems, and networks. On the other hand, photonics industrialization in China is getting more competitive with its large market scale and strong production capacity.