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The Chinese industry experts reported that massive investments amounting to 105 billion pounds ($168 billion) will be planted in the United Kingdom over the next 10 years.
According to experts, the surge in investments comes as local firms look to expand in western markets.
This coming decade, the U.K.'s transport sector will receive investments of 19 billion pounds, while the real-estate sector will receive 36 billion pounds.
Chinese companies will be investing in telecoms, water and waste-management facilities, said Pinsent Masons, a U.K.-based law firm, and the Center for Economic and Business Research.
"The big change we're seeing is Chinese businesses now becoming co-funders and co-contractors in U.K. infrastructure projects, rather than making indirect investments through sovereign wealth funds like China Investment Corp," Pinsent Masons China infrastructure partner Helena Chen said.
In terms of China's foreign direct investments for infrastructure, the U.K. lands in the third place as the most inviting market because of its under-capitalized infrastructure parts, transparent business environment and strong China-U.K. political relationship.
The United States is still the best infrastructure market, followed by Japan in the second place.
McDermott Will & Emery, a law firm founded in the United States, reported that investments, pointed to markets of the U.S. and Europe, have been escalating in the previous years and are expected to continue growing.
Just recently, the Beijing Construction Engineering Group decided to make a significantly strategic investment of 800 million pounds in the U.K.-based Manchester Airport City project.
