Pro-Beijing camp (Macau)

For the similar segment in Hong Kong, see Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong).

Pro-Beijing Camp 親北京陣營 Acampamento Pró-Pequim
Founded	Early 1990s
Ideology	Chinese nationalism Conservatism Pro-Communist Party of China
Legislative Assembly of Macau	29 / 33
Election Committee	390 / 400
NPC (Macau deputies)	12 / 12
Standing Committee of NPC (Macau members)	1 / 1
Politics of Macau Political parties Elections

Pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp (Chinese: 建制派 or 親中派; Portuguese: acampamento pró-Pequim, acampamento pró estabelecimento or acampamento pró China) is a segment of Macanese society which supports the policies and views of the China and the 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 have had a long history of following the directions of the People's Republic of China and of loyalty to the Communist Party of China 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)
  • United Citizens Association of Macau (2)
  • New Union for Macau's Development (1)
  • Macau-Guangdong Union (1)
  • Alliance for Change (1)
• Traditionalists
  • Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission (2)
  • Union for Development (2)
  • Union for Promoting Progress (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

See also

• PRC United Front strategy
• Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)
• List of political parties and political groups in Macau