{{Centrism in Hong Kong}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} '''Centrism in Hong Kong''' refers to a political outlook and alignment that positions itself between the [[Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|pro-democracy]] and [[Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)|pro-Beijing]] camps. Those within this alignment are often referred to as the centrist camp ({{zh|t=中間派|labels=no}}),<ref>{{cite web |title=Competing and Diverse Media Discourses in Hong Kong: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Media Representation of Alibaba’s Acquisition of SCMP |url=https://scholars.hkbu.edu.hk/en/publications/competing-and-diverse-media-discourses-in-hong-kong-a-corpus-assi/ |date=Jun 2025 |publisher=[[Hong Kong Baptist University]] |quote=Methodologically, the approach of Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is adopted to analyze the media reporting of this event by newspapers in Hong Kong with divergent political stances, i.e., Apple Daily (AD) representing pro-democracy camp, Ming Pao (MP) representing centrist camp, and Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, and Hong Kong Commercial Daily (TWC) representing pro-establishment/Beijing camp. }}</ref> centrist groups,<ref name="Third Side">{{cite web |title=Hong Kong centrist, moderate groups hit brick wall in securing candidate nominations for ‘patriots only’ elections |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/16/hong-kong-centrist-moderate-groups-nominations-legislative-council-elections/ |date=16 November 2025 |author=Hillary Leung |publisher=[[Hong Kong Free Press]] |quote=In the wake of Beijing’s electoral overhaul in 2021, which applies to both LegCo and District Council races, centrist groups like Third Side have been struggling to secure enough nominations to field election candidates. }}</ref> moderate camp<ref>{{cite web |title=Modelling voter behaviours by geographic information technology: a case of Hong Kong in 2004 |quote=Other competitors include the Moderate camp and independent candidates. The Pro-Democracy camp comprises representatives of the Democratic Party (DP) [...] |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19475681003700849 |date=May 2008 |author=P.C. Lai |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] Online }}</ref> or moderate groups.<ref>Chih-Jou Jay Chen & Victor Zheng (2021). [https://www.ios.sinica.edu.tw/people/personal/ccj/Changing%20Attitudes%20toward%20China%20in%20Taiwan%20and%20Hong%20Kong%20in%20the%20Xi%20Jinping%20Era.pdf Changing Attitudes toward China in Taiwan and Hong Kong in the Xi Jinping Era]. "... voters includes voters who responded as independent voters, moderate groups (中間派), 'all supported,' 'neither supported,' and 'not a party ...". 中央研究院社會學研究所 [Institute of Sociology, [[Academia Sinica]]].</ref>
Although they are not actively pro-government at the level of the pro-Beijing camp, many centrists interact with and support the [[Chinese government]]; for example, [[Ronny Tong]] of [[Path of Democracy]] entered the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong]]. Both Path of Democracy and Third Side join the ‘patriots-only’ legislative election.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/10/hong-kong-non-pro-establishment-party-path-of-democracy-secures-spots-in-patriots-only-legislative-race/|title=Hong Kong ‘non-pro-establishment’ party Path of Democracy secure spots in ‘patriots only’ legislative race| work=[[Hong Kong Free Press]]|author=Candice Chau| date=10 November 2021}}</ref>
== History == A 2015 poll by The University of Hong Kong found that 41.9% of Hong Kong's population describe themselves as "centrists", 28.4% as "pro-democracy camp supporters", and 11.4% as "pro-Beijing camp supporters".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hkcd.com/content/2015-10/27/content_965551.html |title=七成民意認同 港需溫和中間派 |publisher=[[Hong Kong Commercial Daily]] |date=2015-10-07 |archive-date=2016-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314123029/http://www.hkcd.com/content/2015-10/27/content_965551.html}}</ref>
[[Christine Fong]] and Wong Sing-chi, classified as centrist in the [[2016 New Territories East by-election]], lost to [[Alvin Yeung]], classified as [[Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|pro-democracy camp]]. At the time, Christine Fong received 33,424 votes, while Wong Singh-chi received 17,257 votes; in [[New Territories]], the centrist camp received about 12%.
Third Side chairman Tik Chi-yuen claims that voters abandoned the centrist line and voted for a pro-Beijing camp because of the 'Returning to the Edge Effect' (歸邊效應) in the election. He analyzed that the centrist camp is likely to win 1 seat in the New Territories if it works with centrist politicians at the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20160301/00407_023.html|title =得票無增長 中間派感失望|publisher =[[The Sun (Hong Kong)]]|date =2016-03-01|accessdate =2016-03-14|archive-date =2016-03-14|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160314112251/http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20160301/00407_023.html}}</ref>
In the 2016 Hong Kong legislative election; Wong Singh-chi bolted from the Third Side and ran for the [[Social Welfare (constituency)|Social Welfare functional constitution]], Tik Chi-yuen ran for the Kowloon West, Christine Fong was eliminated from 10th place with 34,544 votes in the eastern district of New Territories,<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20160906/19761793|title =險勝方國珊 梁國雄幸保尾席|publisher =[[Apple Daily]]|date =2016-09-06|accessdate =2016-09-06|archive-date =2016-09-07|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160907162144/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20160906/19761793}}</ref> the Path of Democracy sent two lists to Hong Kong Island and the eastern part of the New Territories and losing with 10,028 and 8,084 votes (respectively, which was a very small number of votes, resulting in the confiscation of the [[election deposit]]).
In the [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election]], the only centrist candidate elected was [[Tik Chi-yuen]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=與功能組別當選人會面 狄志遠：感覺溫暖 陳勇：當選人全屬「超級愛國者」|url=https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E8%88%87%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E7%B5%84%E5%88%A5%E7%95%B6%E9%81%B8%E4%BA%BA%E6%9C%83%E9%9D%A2-%E7%8B%84%E5%BF%97%E9%81%A0%E6%84%9F%E8%A6%BA%E6%BA%AB%E6%9A%96-%E9%99%B3%E5%8B%87%E7%95%B6%E9%81%B8%E4%BA%BA%E5%85%A8%E5%B1%AC%E8%B6%85%E7%B4%9A%E6%84%9B%E5%9C%8B%E8%80%85|access-date=2021-12-21|website=[[Stand News]]|archive-date=2021-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229091834/https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E8%88%87%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E7%B5%84%E5%88%A5%E7%95%B6%E9%81%B8%E4%BA%BA%E6%9C%83%E9%9D%A2-%E7%8B%84%E5%BF%97%E9%81%A0%E6%84%9F%E8%A6%BA%E6%BA%AB%E6%9A%96-%E9%99%B3%E5%8B%87%E7%95%B6%E9%81%B8%E4%BA%BA%E5%85%A8%E5%B1%AC%E8%B6%85%E7%B4%9A%E6%84%9B%E5%9C%8B%E8%80%85}}</ref>
== Political organizations == === Current === * [[Path of Democracy]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Tong|first=Elson|date=22 June 2017|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2017/06/22/just-centrist-former-lawmaker-ronny-tong-named-adviser-hong-kongs-incoming-leader-carrie-lam/|title=Centrist former lawmaker Ronny Tong named adviser to Hong Kong's incoming leader Carrie Lam|work=[[Hong Kong Free Press]]}}</ref> (2015–present) * [[Third Side]]<ref name="Third Side" /> (2016–present) * {{illm|HK Round Table On People’s Livelihood|zh|民生圓桌}} (2022–present)
=== Former === * [[Hope for Hong Kong]]<ref name="theinitium-200511">{{cite web|title=梁俊彥：一朝大敗的建制派，正如何部署2020香港立法會選舉？|url=https://theinitium.com/article/20200511-opinion-hk-pro-establishment-2020-arrangement/|accessdate=2020-06-03|date=2020-05-11|publisher=端傳媒|author1=梁俊彥|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526001734/https://theinitium.com/article/20200511-opinion-hk-pro-establishment-2020-arrangement/}}</ref> (2020–2021)
== Macau == In [[Macau]], there are two political parties that are part of the centrist spectrum, [[Synergy of Macao]] and [[Macao Civic Power]].
== See also == * [[Centrism by country]] * [[Conservatism in Hong Kong]] * [[Liberalism in Hong Kong]]
==References== {{Reflist}} {{HK-poli-stub}} [[Category:Centrism in Hong Kong| ]] [[Category:Opposition to Hong Kong independence]] [[Category:Political party alliances in Hong Kong]]