Pro-Beijing camp (Macau)
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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 | Centre-right (majority) |
| 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 | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Qīn Běijīng Zhènyíng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Chān bāk gīng jahn yìhng |
| Jyutping | Can1 bak1 ging1 zan6 jing4 |
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The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp (
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
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)
- 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
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57.56
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9 / 13
|
1
|
Majority |
| 2021 | 105,256
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79.71
|
11 / 13
|
2
|
Majority |
See also
- United front in Hong Kong
- Pro-Beijing camp(Hong Kong)
- List of political parties and political groups in Macau
