Established in 1903, the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce (PCCC) was one of the pioneer trade organization founded at the turn of the twentieth century in this region. It has come a long way since its humble inception and is now one of the strongest commercial institutions in Malaysia in terms of membership and organizational and functional characteristic that is well recognized by both the public and private sectors. In year 2003, the Registrar of Society of Malaysia (ROS) presented the Award Certificate of Excellent Society to the Chamber. It has also been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System (QMS) Certificate in March 2006 and upgraded to ISO 9001:2008 QMS in March 2010.

1. to improve and develop trade and industry.
2. to collect, collate and disseminate commercial information and to issue certificates of authentication.
3. to arbitrate and settle trade and industrial disputes.
4. to collect and compile trade statistics.
5. to organize trade exhibitions, seminars and human resource development programmes either on its own or in collaboration with other institution (s).
6. to support charitable, cultural and educational institutions.

The Chamber now has more than a thousand membership composed of individuals, corporations as well as commercial associations and trade guilds. The members of PCCC are from various business sectors, including enterprises, financial institutions, listed companies, housing & construction, garment & textiles, sole-agents & retailers etc.