Pro-Beijing camp (Macau)

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Pro-Beijing camp
Chinese name親北京陣營
Portuguese nameCampo Pró-Pequim
FoundedEarly 1990s
IdeologyChinese nationalism
Conservatism
ColoursRed and green
(customary)
Legislative Assembly of Macau
30 / 33
Election Committee
390 / 400
NPC (Macau deputies)
12 / 12
Pro-Beijing camp
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese親北京陣營
Simplified Chinese亲北京阵营
Portuguese name
PortugueseCampo Pró-Pequim

The 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 political alignment in Macau which supports the policies and views of China 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:

Electoral performance

Legislative Council elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
Total seats +/− Status
2001 52,617Steady 62.99Steady
9 / 12
Majority
2005 88,949Increase 71.26Increase
9 / 12
Steady Majority
2009 93,810Increase 66.16Decrease
8 / 12
Decrease1 Majority
2013 92,251Decrease 62.99Decrease
10 / 14
Increase2 Majority
2017 99,366Increase 57.56Decrease
9 / 13
Decrease1 Majority
2021 105,256Increase 79.71Increase
11 / 13
Increase2 Majority

See also

References