Pro-Beijing camp 建制派 | |
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LegCo Convenor | Martin Liao |
Ideology | Conservatism (HK) Chinese nationalism Factions: Socialism (HK) Economic liberalism[1] |
Colours | Red and blue (customary) |
Legislative Council | 88 / 90 (98%) |
District Councils | 469 / 470 (100%) |
NPC (HK deputies) | 36 / 36 (100%) |
CPPCC (HK members) | 124 / 124 (100%) |
Election Committee | 1,447 / 1,500 (96%) |
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Traditional Chinese | 親北京陣營 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 亲北京阵营 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese | 建制派 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 親中派 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 亲中派 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp is a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Beijing central government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) towards Hong Kong.[2] The term "pro-establishment camp" is regularly in use to label the broader segment of the Hong Kong political arena which has the closer relationship with the establishment, namely the governments of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).[3] Pro-Beijing politicians are labeled "patriots" by pro-Beijing media and "loyalists" by the rival pro-democracy camp.[4]
The pro-Beijing camp evolved from Hong Kong's pro-CCP faction, often called "leftists", which acted under the direction of the CCP. It launched the 1967 Hong Kong riots against British colonial rule in Hong Kong and had a long rivalry with the pro-Kuomintang bloc. After the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984, affirming Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong from 1997, the traditional leftists realigned itself and unofficially formed a loose "United Front" with the conservative pro-business elites to counter the emergence of the pro-democracy camp in the 1990s and ensure a smooth transition of the Hong Kong sovereignty in Beijing's interest.
Since the handover in 1997, the pro-Beijing camp has become the major supporting force of the Hong Kong government and maintained control of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), having the advantage of indirectly elected functional constituencies. Going into the 2010s, the pro-Beijing camp underwent a period of diversification in which different parties emerged and targeted different voters which resulted in steady increases of the support. With various positions on specific issues, the camp generally embraces conservative values politically and Chinese nationalistic and patriotic sentiments. However, the unpopular SAR administrations and opposition to Beijing's policies toward Hong Kong have also caused the camp major losses in the 2003 and 2019 elections.
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