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Pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp (Chinese: 建制派 or 親中派; Template:Lang-pt, Template:Lang-pt or Template:Lang-pt) is a segment of Macau society which supports the policies and views of 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

References

v t e Political civic associations in Macau
Pro-Beijing (30)	Macau Federation of Trade Unions (4) Macau United Citizens Association (3) Macau-Guangdong Union (2) Union for Development (2) Union for Promoting Progress (2) New Macau Development Union (1) Women's General Association of Macau (2)
Pro-democracy (2)	New Hope (2)
Unaligned (1)	Synergy of Macao (1)
Unrepresented	Alliance for Change Association for Democracy and Social Well-Being of Macau Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the People Association for the Defense of Macau Interests Citizens' Rights Association Convergence for Development Democratic Centre of Macau Employees and Wage-Earners Association For Macau General Union for the Good of Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau Labor Union of Games and Gambling in Macau Macao Civic Power Macau Federation of Trade Unions New Macau Association New Vigour for Macau New Democratic Macau Association Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau Vision Macau
Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Macau

• Political party alliances in China
• Politics of Macau
• Conservatism in Asia