Malaysian Chinese Association

Malaysian Chinese Association
Malay name	Persatuan Cina Malaysia ڤرساتوان چينا مليسيا‎
Chinese name	馬來西亞華人公會 马来西亚华人公会 Má-lâi-se-a Hôa-jîn Kong-hōe Maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 waa4 jan4 gung1 wui6 Mǎláixīyà Huárén Gōnghuì
Tamil name	மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம் Malēciya Cīṉar Caṅkam
Abbreviation	MCA / 馬華
President	Wee Ka Siong
Secretary-General	Chong Sin Woon
Deputy President	Mah Hang Soon
Vice-President	Lim Ban Hong Tan Teik Cheng Wee Jeck Seng Lawrence Low
Women Chief	Wong You Fong
Youth Chief	Ling Tian Soon
Founder	Tan Cheng Lock
Founded	27 February 1949
Preceded by	Malayan Chinese Association
Headquarters	8th Floor, Wisma MCA, 163, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Newspaper	China Press The Star Nanyang Siang Pau Sin Chew Daily
Youth wing	MCA Youth Section
Women's wing	Wanita MCA
Ideology	Malaysian Chinese interests Social conservatism Tridemism Historical: Chinese nationalism
Political position	Centre-right[1]
National affiliation	Alliance (1952–1973) Barisan Nasional (since 1973) Allied coalitions: Perikatan Nasional (2020–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (since 2020) Alliance Government with PH-BN-GPS-GRS-Warisan (since November 2022)
Colours	Blue and yellow
Dewan Negara:	3 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:	2 / 222
Dewan Undangan Negeri:	8 / 611
Party flag
Website
www.mca.org.my
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The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; Chinese: 马来西亚华人公会; Malay: Persatuan Cina Malaysia; Tamil: மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to represent the Malaysian Chinese ethnicity; it was one of the three original major component parties of the coalition party in Malaysia called the Alliance Party, which later became a broader coalition called Barisan Nasional in Malay, or National Front in English.

Along with the largest and third largest component party in BN, i.e. United Malays National Organisation and Malaysian Indian Congress, MCA has a significant influence over the political arena in Malaysia since its independence. Through its holding of companies such as Huaren Holdings, MCA controls The Star, which is Malaysia's best-selling English newspaper.^[2][3]

The party was once the largest party representing the Chinese community in Malaysia, and was particularly dominant in the early period until the late 1960s. Its fortunes fluctuated after the establishment of other political parties in the 1960s that challenged it for the Chinese votes, although it still enjoyed strong support in the mid-1990s to mid-2000s period. However, it has performed poorly in elections since 2008, with the Malaysian Chinese community mostly voting for the Democratic Action Party and People's Justice Party,^[4] and in the 2018 Malaysian general election, it lost all but one of its parliamentary seats and was relegated to the opposition.^[5] It returned to power in March 2020 as part of the alliance with Perikatan Nasional,^[6]. After the 2022 election, the party joined the government as a backbencher with Barisan Nasional supporting Pakatan Harapan.^[7]