Pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp ( or ; , or ) is a segment of Macau society which supports the policies and views of

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and 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 The Progress Promotion Union ( zh, t=群力促進會; pt, União Promotora para o Progresso) is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative ...

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: * Pro-business ** Macau Business Interest Union (4) ** Macau professional Interest Union (2) **

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(2) ** Macau United Citizens Association (2) **

New Union for Macau's Development The New Macau Development Union ( zh, t=澳門發展新連盟), formerly known as the Alliance for the Development of Macau ( pt, Aliança para Desenvolvimento de Macau), is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau ...

(1) ** Macau-Guangdong Union (1) ** Alliance for Change (1) **

Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce The Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce ( zh, t=澳門中華總商會; pt, Associação Comercial de Macau, abbr. ACM) is one of the most influential business associations in Macau. It was established on 8 January 1913 as the Macao Chamber of Com ...

* Traditionalists **

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(2) **

Macau Federation of Trade Unions The Macau Federation of Trade Unions (MFTU), abbr. is a pro-Beijing labour and political group in Macau. It is the largest and most influential labour group in the city, with over 50,000 members in 43 associated trade unions. Presided by Ho Su ...

and Union for Development (2) **

General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau ( zh, t=澳門街坊會聯合總會; pt, União Geral das Associações dos Moradores de Macau), or in short Neighbourhood Union ( zh, t=街坊總會 or zh, t=街總, labels=no), is a pro-Beij ...

and

(1)

Electoral performance

Legislative Council elections

References

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