Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry


The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry is an agency of the Philippine government under the Office of the President of the Philippines with more than ten advocacies, some of its advocacies are responsible for Agriculture, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Tourism.

History

The Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines started on July 19, 1903 as the Philippine Chamber of Commerce.
In 1948, Hilarion Henares, Sr. established the Small Industries and Machine Shop Owners of the Philippines and after two years of establishment, the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines changed its name to Philippine Chamber of Commerce on March 4, 1950.
On July 1, 1978, PCCI was officially formed and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the merging of Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and Philippine Chamber of Commerce.