Politihk Social Strategic ( zh, t=香港政研會) is a political organisation in Hong Kong founded by a group of pro-Beijing activists in 2016 who opposed the

2014 Hong Kong protests A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, or Occupy Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014. The protests began after t ...

and support the

Leung Chun-ying Leung Chun-ying (; born 12 August 1954), also known as CY Leung, is a Hong Kong politician and chartered surveyor, who has served as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since Ma ...

administration.

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Its stated aim is to fight for the restoration of the law and order, social stability in Hong Kong and opposes

pan-democrats The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic L ...

' filibustering in the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Ko ...

(LegCo) and opposes

Hong Kong independence Hong Kong independence is a political movement that advocates the establishment of Hong Kong as an independent sovereign state. Hong Kong is one of two Special administrative regions of China (SAR) which enjoys a certain degree of autonomy ...

. It was established on 10 April 2016 by a group of pro-Beijing activists who took part to oppose the 2014 Occupy protests. They had held many rallies, assemblies and forums in the name of "anti-violence and anti-Occupy Central". In the 2016 Legislative Council election, the group fielded two lists with four candidates in

Kowloon West Kowloon West is the western part of Kowloon, covering the Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po District, with Kowloon City District occasionally included. History The boundary of Kowloon West is not strictly defined and hence varies. While traditio ...

and

New Territories West New Territories West (NTW) is the western part of Hong Kong's New Territories, covering Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing and the Islands District. History Settlements in the area, except the Islands District, have been connected by the ...

but none of them were elected. After

Chief Executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

announced that he would not to seek re-election in December 2016, the group organised a rally to Leung's "achievements" which was attended by about a hundred people. In February 2017 the group held a rally in support of the police officers convicted of beating up a demonstrator during the 2014 protests. Soon after they adopted more pro-police stance. They also held a rally to celebrate

Carrie Lam Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ( Cheng; ; born 13 May 1957) is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022. She served as Chief Secretary for Administration between 2012 and 2017 and Sec ...

's victory in the 2017 Chief Executive election.

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* {{Hong Kong political parties 2016 establishments in Hong Kong Conservative parties in Hong Kong Political parties established in 2016 Political parties in Hong Kong

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