| China is set to invest £105bn in British infrastructure by 2025, with energy, property and transport the biggest recipients, according to research. The world’s second-biggest economy has already invested £11.7bn in Britain between 2005 and 2013, including a 10 per cent stake in Thames Water, Britain’s biggest water utility, held by the China Investment Corporation, the sovereign wealth fund.
This is expected to rise rapidly as Chinese capital seeks a safe haven for outbound investment, according to a report by the London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research and the law firm Pinsent Masons, which is due to be launched by the Chinese International Contractors Association in Beijing next month...............................................Full Article: Source
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