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Beijing-loyalist

Pro-Beijing camp
Convenor Martin Liao
Founded Early 1990s
Ideology Chinese nationalism
Conservatism (HK)
Conservative socialism
Economic liberalism
Colors Red and Blue (customary)
Legislative Council
40 / 70
District Councils
326 / 458
Pro-Beijing camp
Traditional Chinese 親北京派
Pro-China camp
Traditional Chinese 親中派
Pro-establishment camp
Traditional Chinese 建制派

Pro-Beijing camp, pro-China camp or pro-establishment camp (Chinese: 親北京派, 親中派 or 建制派) refers to a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Beijing government towards Hong Kong. The term "pro-establishment camp" is regularly in use to label the boarder segment of the Hong Kong political arena which has the closer relationship with the establishment, namely the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It is also portrayed as the "Patriotic Front" by the pro-Beijing media and sometimes portrayed as "loyalists" by the pro-democracy camp.

The pro-Beijing evolved from Hong Kong's pro-Communist faction, which was often called the "leftists", who has have a long tradition in following the policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC). It launched the 1967 Leftist Riots against the British colonial rule in Hong Kong and had a long rivalry with the pro-Kuomintang camp. After the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984, affirming Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong from 1997, the pro-Beijing camp realigned itself and formed a "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), with the advantages in the functional constituencies. It generally embraces the conservative values politically, socially and economically and Chinese nationalistic and patriotic sentiments.


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