Research & Analysis

To foster a business-friendly environment, we engage in extensive research and analysis. We are assigned to research & analyze markets, technologies and business trends. The output of these researches is provided to member companies as reference materials, and also to the government for basic data in mapping out the policy directives.
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Chilgok CCI aims to revive its regional economy and develop the community. Chilgok CCI assesses problems facing the local industry and cooperates with the government to resolve such issues.

Commerce and Industry Promotion Projects

We are helping member businesses to enhance their capacity to competently cope with the internal and external changes of the economic environment by promptly providing information on the government’s initiatives and policy direction and holding numerous lectures, seminars, training and education (CEOs and middle managers). We also offer customized education services such as the competitiveness strengthening education tour to promote the sound development of the local economy.

CEO Roundtable

The most popular service offered by CCI, CEO Roundtable sessions are featuring by timely discussions to meet the needs of member companies. *** CCI invites renowned speakers with professional expertise and holds the meetings at an excellent facility in a convenient location. By delivering current government policies and management information, the CEO Roundtable helps participating CEOs raise management capabilities, socialize with peers and exchange information. It is an excellent and worthwhile for CEOs who want to explore new business opportunities.

New Year's Greeting /Commerce & Industry Day

Every year, we host a New Year's Party where local government officials and business leaders come together to greet the New Year. We also celebrate Commerce and Industry Day to encourage entrepreneurship among business professionals. Rewards are presented to the year's biggest contributors to the nation's development.

Business Training

We provide a core training program for back office staff. Courses include taxation, accounting, labor and environment management, and offer case studies from first-hand experience. Lecturers are leading authoritative experts in their respective areas. We offer a differentiated contents and training system, aiming at full customer satisfaction.

Membership Services

We issue all types of certificates in relation to trade such as verification of origin of export products, signatures and membership certificates. Member businesses are given official commendations and assistances with various events. In addition, we lend conference rooms, provide policy information, operate an archive and hold numerous councils.

Single PPM - Quality Certification

To promote win-win cooperation between big and small businesses, to secure quality competitiveness of parts & assembly industries, we select and reward exemplary companies in quality innovation, promote Single PPM, provide materials, arrange industrial tours for exemplary companies in Korea and abroad, provide quality training in on-line and off-line courses, bring out quality innovation experts, assist SME efforts to establish a quality innovation system and certify Single PPM.

Trade Documents

Import-export transactions need to be backed up by objective and fair documents. Documents with our certification secure international recognition, and we offer the service at no charge to our members.

Public Relations Activities

The CCI strives to give a wide publicity of the opinions of member companies and the projects of CCI through the local media, and at the same time, publishes promotional materials and various research reports and disseminates them to members and local residents.

Designation of Alternative Military Service Companies

The Korean government operates a system for qualified young professionals who are willing to work in designated companies as alternative military service. We were delegated by the government to select SMEs under this system, to help alleviate the shortage of manpower. With approximately 2,500 applications received from 70 local chambers every year, KCCI follows a fair and strict evaluation procedure for the selection of Alternative Military Service Companies.

International Cooperation and International Trade Regime

We, the CCI, spearhead international efforts to promote trade rules in Korea, including ICC rules on UCP and INCOTERMS. Also, representing Korea's private sector, we actively engage in efforts to resolve trade issues and promote international cooperation. Moreover, our International Business Research Team assists companies with less experience, by providing counseling on all stages of trade, from negotiating a contract to making/receiving payments. We are also an active member of CACCI, an organization of 24 chambers from the Asia-pacific region. Through these efforts, we promote intra-region trade, technology transfers, small businesses, human resource exchanges and economic cooperation. Furthermore, we represent Korea's private sector to promote trade liberalization including Korea-US FTA, and embrace a new opportunities in international trade, including opening new markets.

When it comes to trade missions, we are resourceful at both ends. We dispatch and receive trade missions to and from abroad. At our trade meetings, overseas companies are invited to one-on-one consultations with our members. We host trade meetings both for Korean SMEs seeking overseas market opportunities and foreign investors in Korea looking for trade with Korea's neighboring countries. We actively promote products and services offered by its member companies, at the courtesy calls and on-site tours attended by political and economical leaders. Moreover, we provide a road map for globalization to our member companies.

On-Line Business Information

KorChamBiz gives you full access to the business database you need. Korea's best-acclaimed business portal includes 320,000 postings on local businesses, 1.2 million on overseas businesses and 1.6 million on product information, respectively. Quality knowledge information can be secured thru KorChamBiz.

Informatization Projects

To cope with the rapid changes of the information age, and help facilitate the informatization of local SMEs, we have electronically integrated the control of the region’s businesses, maximizing the efficiency of information use. We also run an agency that provides registration services of digital signature certificates. Besides KorChamBiz and Webmail service help members digitalize their business management and we provide informatization education and consulting services along with relevant agencies.

Accredited Vocational Qualifications

We administer the government-accredited vocational qualifications designed to evaluate a prospective employee’s basic skills in e-commerce, e-accounting, word processing, as well as secretary and stenography. These qualifications provide candidates with the skills to meet the job requirements.