Pan-establishment camp

The Pan-establishment camp (Chinese: 親建制派 or 建制派) is a segment of Macanese society which supports the policies and views of the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party before and after the handover of Macau in 20 December 1999. The term can be used to identify politicians, political parties and individuals. Their rivals are the pan-democracy camp.

History

Prior to handover

Some of the political groups within the pan-establishment camp, such as the Union for Development have had a long history of following the directions of the People's Republic of China and of loyalty to the Communist Party of China 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 Pan-establishment camp:

• Pro-business
  • Macau Business Interest Union (4)
  • Macau professional Interest Union (2)
  • Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association (2)
  • United Citizens Association of Macau (2)
  • New Union for Macau's Development (1)
  • Macau-Guangdong Union (1)
  • Alliance for Change (1)

• Traditionalists
  • Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission (2)
  • Union for Development (2)
  • Union for Promoting Progress (1)

See also

• PRC United Front strategy
• Pan-democracy camp (Macau)
• Pan-democracy camp (Hong Kong)
• Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)
• List of political parties and political groups in Macau

References

Political civic associations in Macau Pan-establishment (29) United Citizens Association of Macau (3) Macau-Guangdong Union (2) Union for Promoting Progress (2) Union for Development (1) New Union for Macau's Development (1) Alliance for Change (1) FC — Macau Business Interest Union (4) Macau Professional Interest Union (3) Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission (2) Association for Promotion of Social Services and Education (2) Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association (2) — Members appointed by the Chief Executive (7) Pan-democracy (4) New Macau Association (Prosperous Democratic Macau Association and New Democratic Macau Association) (2) New Hope (2) Without seats in AL Civil Watch Caring Macau Association for Together Efforts to Improve the Community Innovative Action Macau Ideals Activism for Democracy Association Association for Promotion of Civic Rights Supervision by the Lower Class Workers' Movement Front Democratic Society Alliance Defunct Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau Association for Democracy and Social Well-Being of Macau Vision Macau Convergence for Development New Youth of Macau General Union for the Good of Macau Association for Promoting the Economy of Macau Employees and Wager-Earners Association General Union for Development of Macau Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Macau