Fact file

? From 2014 to 2025, a total of 105 billion pounds ($170 billion) of Chinese investment could flow into UK infrastructure and real estate sectors, including 43.5 billion pounds into energy infrastructure, 19 billion pounds into transport and other infrastructure, and 36 billion pounds into real estate.

? Chronic under-investment in the UK has created an infrastructure need of about 500 billion pounds, more than the 383 billion pounds called for in the UK's National Infrastructure Plan.

? China's economy is forecast to become the world's largest by 2030. Chinese savings are expected to reach $12 trillion in the coming decade, representing more than 30 percent of global savings.

Source:Pinsent Mansons and The Centre for Economics and Business Research