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{{Infobox political party
| name             = New Century Forum
| native_name      = {{noitalics|{{nobold|新世紀論壇}}}}
| native_name_lang = zh-hk
| logo             = File:Logo of the New Century Forum.svg
| logo_size        = 180px
| colorcode        = #005F6B
| country          = Hong Kong
| foundation       = {{Start date|1999|6|23|df=yes}}
| leader1_title    = Convenor
| leader1_name     = [[Ma Fung-kwok]]
| headquarters     = 22/F, Connaught<br />Commercial Building,<br />185 [[Wan Chai Road]], <br />[[Wan Chai]]
| affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[Pro-Beijing camp]]
| ideology         = [[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in Hong Kong|HK]])
| seats1_title     = [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|1|90|hex=#005F6B}}
| seats2_title     = [[District Councils of Hong Kong|District Councils]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|0|470|hex=#005F6B}}
| seats3_title     = [[National People's Congress|NPC]] (HK deputies)
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|1|36|hex=#005F6B}}
| seats4_title     = [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|CPPCC]] (HK members)
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|1|124|hex=#005F6B}}
| website          = {{URL|http://www.ncforum.org.hk/}}
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| order = jp
| showflag = stp
| t = 新世紀論壇
| s = 新世纪论坛
| p = Xīn shìjì lùntán
| j = San<sup>1</sup> sai<sup>3</sup> gei<sup>2</sup> leon<sup>6</sup> taan<sup>4</sup>
| y = Sān sai géi leuhn tàahn
}}
{{Politics of Hong Kong}}
'''New Century Forum''' is a [[pro-Beijing camp|pro-Beijing]], [[middle-class]]-oriented [[political group]] in the [[Hong Kong]] [[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China]].  The group comprises professionals, businessmen and academics, and aims to represent the voice of the middle-class. It is currently led by convenor [[Ma Fung-kwok]].

==Platform==
The basic platform of the group is to consolidate the power of the [[middle-class]] and to protect the long-term interest of Hong Kong. It aims to focus on studying various public policy issues and suggest proposals in a rational and professional manner, on the basis of the "[[One country-two systems]]" principle. On political development, it advocates development of a democratic political system in a step by step process. The party is relatively small and its platforms undeveloped.

==History==
The New Century Forum was formed by [[Ng Ching-fai]], then member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] and dean of the [[Hong Kong Baptist University]]. Ng resigned from the President of the Baptist University in 2001 and quit the New Century Forum. [[Ma Fung-kwok]], the incumbent convenor, was elected into LegCo by the [[Election Committee (constituency)|election committee]] in 2001, replacing the Ng Ching-fai. With the cancellation of the election committee seats in the 2004 elections, the group had no seat in the LegCo until convenor [[Ma Fung-kwok]] won a seat in the [[Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (constituency)|Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication]] in [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012 LegCo election]].

The group participated in the direct elections in the [[2000 Hong Kong legislative election|2000 LegCo elections]] and the [[2004 Hong Kong legislative election|2004 LegCo elections]] but did not win any seat. Members of the group also contested in the District Council elections but usually ran as independent candidates.

==Election performances==

===Legislative Council elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! '''Election'''
! Number of<br />popular votes
! % of<br />popular votes
! [[Geographical constituency|GC]]<br />seats
! [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]<br />seats
! [[Election Committee (constituency)|EC]]<br />seats
! Total seats
! +/−
! Position
|-
! [[2000 Hong Kong legislative election|2000]]
| 21,103{{nochange}}
| 1.60{{nochange}}
| 0
| 0
| 1
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|New Century Forum}}}}
| 1{{decrease}}
| 7th{{increase}}
|-
! [[2004 Hong Kong legislative election|2004]]
| 4,511{{decrease}}
| 0.25{{decrease}}
| 0
| 0
| rowspan=3| 
| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|New Century Forum}}}}
| 1{{decrease}}
| N/A
|-
! [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012]]
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
| 0
| 1
| {{Composition bar|1|70|hex={{party color|New Century Forum}}}}
| 1{{increase}}
| 10th{{increase}}
|-
! [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016]]
| –
| –
| 0
| 1
| {{Composition bar|1|70|hex={{party color|New Century Forum}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
| 10th{{increase}}
|-
! [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election|2021]]
| –
| –
| 0
| 0
| 1
| {{Composition bar|1|90|hex={{party color|New Century Forum}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
| 8th{{increase}}
|}

===District Councils elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! Election
! Number of<br />popular votes
! % of<br />popular votes
! Total<br />elected seats
! +/−
|-
! [[2003 Hong Kong local elections|2003]]
| 833{{nochange}}
| 0.08{{nochange}}
| {{Composition bar|0|400|hex={{party color|New Century Forum}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
|-
! [[2007 Hong Kong local elections|2007]]
| 543{{decrease}}
| 0.05{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|0|405|hex={{party color|New Century Forum}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[United Front Work Department]]
* [[United Front (China)]]

==External links==
*{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.ncforum.org.hk/ Web site of the New Century Forum]

{{Hong Kong political parties}}

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