Pro-Beijing camp
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Pro-Beijing camp
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| Convenor | Martin Liao |
| Founded | Early 1990s |
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Majority: Chinese nationalism Conservatism (HK) Factions: Conservative socialism Economic liberalism Liberal conservatism Social conservatism |
| Colours | Red and Blue (customary) |
| Legislative Council |
40 / 70
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| District Councils |
326 / 458
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| Traditional Chinese | 親北京派 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 親中派 | ||||||||
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| Pro-establishment camp | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 建制派 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Chān bāk gīng paai |
| Jyutping | Can1 bak1 ging1 paai3 |
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Chān jūng paai |
| Jyutping | Can1 zung1 paai3 |
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gin jai paai |
| Jyutping | Gin3 zai3 paai3 |
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 have had a long history of following directions of the Communist Party of China (CPC) towards Hong Kong. It launched the 1967 Leftist Riots against the 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 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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