While China has endeavored to streamline foreign investment approval through pre-establishment national treatment plus a negative list system under the framework of the PRC Foreign Investment Law (中华人民共和国外商投资法), there has been an increased emphasis on safeguarding national security, a trend also gaining more prominence in other jurisdictions such as the U.S. (through the review of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ) and the EU (via an foreign direct investment screening).