China has outlined a new approach to foreign investment, with planners saying they will now focus less on attracting large amounts of cash and more on selecting investments that will bring skills and technology into the country. The change in tactics, detailed in an official document (36) by the National Development and Reform Commission, comes after more than a year of (37) debate over the role foreign investors should play in China’s economy. China has long been one of the world’s top (38) for foreign investment, and international companies poured in more than $70 billion last year, (39) by the country’s low costs, manufacturing prowess and huge (40) market. But the inroads have caused some (41) among both ordinary people and officials, who also want to see domestic companies do well. The new foreign investment plan, which isn’t a specific (42) but rather a statement of broad principles, does say that regulators will look more closely at foreign (43) of local companies and other issues of "national economic security" that have received increasing attention recently. But the vision it advances represents neither an attempt to completely close off China’s economy nor a new round of liberalization. (44) . For instance, new investments by foreign companies will face stricter environmental and land use standards. (45) . The plan said China will continue to open up service industries, though it offered no commitments beyond those already made to the World Trade Organization. (46) .