Pro-Beijing camp (Macau)
Pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp (Chinese: 建制派 or 親中派; Portuguese: campo pró-Pequim, campo pró-estabelecimento or campo pró-China) is a segment of Macau society which supports the policies and views of China and 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.
Pro-Beijing camp | |
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| Chinese name | 親北京陣營 |
| Portuguese name | Campo Pró-Pequim |
| Founded | Early 1990s |
| Ideology | Chinese nationalism Conservatism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Colours | Red and green (customary) |
| Legislative Assembly of Macau | 30 / 33 |
| Election Committee | 390 / 400 |
| NPC (Macau deputies) | 12 / 12 |
| Pro-Beijing camp | |||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 親北京陣營 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 亲北京阵营 | ||||||||||||
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| Portuguese name | |||||||||||||
| Portuguese | Campo Pró-Pequim | ||||||||||||
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:
- Pro-business
- Macau Business Interest Union (4)
- Macau professional Interest Union (2)
- Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association (2)
- Macau United Citizens Association (2)
- New Union for Macau's Development (1)
- Macau-Guangdong Union (1)
- Alliance for Change (1)
- Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce
- Traditionalists
- Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission (2)
- Macau Federation of Trade Unions and Union for Development (2)
- General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau and Progress Promotion Union (1)
Electoral performance
Legislative Council elections
| Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
Total seats | +/− | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 52,617 |
62.99 |
9 / 12 |
— | Majority |
| 2005 | 88,949 |
71.26 |
9 / 12 |
|
Majority |
| 2009 | 93,810 |
66.16 |
8 / 12 |
1 |
Majority |
| 2013 | 92,251 |
62.99 |
10 / 14 |
2 |
Majority |
| 2017 | 99,366 |
57.56 |
9 / 13 |
1 |
Majority |
| 2021 | 105,256 |
79.71 |
11 / 13 |
2 |
Majority |
