The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp ( or ; , or ) is a political alignment in

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which supports the policies and views of the Chinese government and the

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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

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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

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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

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, as much out of pragmatism as of conviction, but vary on other issues within the context of

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: * Traditional Leftists ** Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission ** New Union for Macau's Development ** Macau Federation of Trade Unions and Union for Development ** General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau and Progress Promotion Union ** Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce ** Women's General Association of Macau * Pro-business ** Macau United Citizens Association ** Macau-Guangdong Union ** Alliance for Change *Functional groups **Macau Business Interest Union ** Macau professional Interest Union ** Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association

Electoral performance

Legislative Council elections

References

{{Macanese political parties Political party alliances in China Politics of Macau Chinese nationalism Conservatism in Asia