The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp ( or ; , or ) is a political alignment in Macau which supports the policies and views of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party before and after the handover of Macau on 20 December 1999. The term can be used to identify politicians, political parties and individuals. Their rivals are the pro-democracy camp.
History
Prior to handover Some of the political groups within the pro-establishment camp, such as the Union for Development and Progress Promotion Union have had a long history of following the directions of the People's Republic of China and of loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party since the colonial period.
Policies Pro-establishment members are united by the political ideology or economic policies of being closer to Beijing, as much out of pragmatism as of conviction, but vary on other issues within the context of Macau.
Members of the camp Civil organisations, individual social activists, political parties, political groups and lawmakers who share a similar belief in democracy are all considered members of this camp. (number of Legislative Deputies shown in brackets)
The following entities are routinely referred to as members of the Pro-establishment camp:
Traditional Leftists Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission New Union for Macau's Development Macau Federation of Trade Unions and Union for Development General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau and Progress Promotion Union Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce Women's General Association of Macau
Pro-business Macau United Citizens Association Macau-Guangdong Union Alliance for Change
Functional groups Macau Business Interest Union Macau professional Interest Union Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association
Electoral performance Legislative Council elections Election Number ofpopular votes % ofpopular votes Total seats +/− Status 2001 52,617 62.99 2005 88,949 71.26 2009 93,810 66.16 1 2013 92,251 62.99 2 2017 99,366 57.56 1 2021 105,256 79.71 2 2025 118,847 73.27
See also United front in Hong Kong Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong) List of political parties and political groups in Macau
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