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.

High-Growth-Potential SMES

We seek to promote high-growth-potential SMEs from different sectors, by identifying and recommending them as candidates for the government's special award. Selected companies enjoy better opportunities to recruit talented workforces, apply for government-assisted projects and boost the recognition level to enhance corporate value.

Business Assistance

As part of efforts to bring about widespread changes in business management, we have launched the ‘Business Innovation Campaign’ and the ‘Single PPM’ campaign which aims to minimize the defective rate of products. In addition, there is a wide array of assistance projects designed to help create a business friendly environment such as provisions regarding environmental provisions, cooperation between labor and management, cooperation between industry and academia, PL insurance consulting, C2 fund(aggregate ceiling loan), substitute military service application projects and a business writing contest.

Intellectual Property Center

In order to boost economic and industrial development by strengthening the technology and innovation capacity of R&D and developing advanced technology, we provide local universities with a pre-registration inquiry service on intellectual property, free patent regulation advice and education on electronic application of patents while pushing forward the local brand value promotion project to market local goods on the global market. We are also working to discover new projects that suitably rep resent local characteristics by launching the ‘IR Supporters’, a group aimed at gathering different views from the local communities.

Patent Information Consulting

We offer a number of assistance projects regarding intellectual property in order to foster small and mid sized enterprises and venture businesses in the Suncheon-Gwangyang region. These include a patent expert pool, existing technology information searches’, patent application financial assistances, patent technology valuation financial assistances, foreign paten t document translations, patent dispute response strategy consulting, initial patent promotion assistances, sleeping patent discovery projects and a research and analysis of patents for locally specialized industries of the Suncheon-Gwangyang region. These projects are part of our efforts to drive the region’s economic development and nurture its industries.

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.

Research & Analysis

We monitor local economic conditions, issues, and outlooks. We release this information to local businesses to help them keep abreast of current economic developments. We relay this information to related government offices to be applied in government economic policy as well. Also, we have conducted ongoing study of overall economic activities that applied to local economic development policy and uses to strengthen the region’s business competitiveness.

Suggestion

Suncheon-Gwangyang CCI aims to revive its regional economy and develop the community. Suncheon-Gwangyang CCI assesses problems facing the local industry and cooperates with the government to resolve such issues.

Company Management Consulting Center

Suncheon-Gwangyang CCI operates a Business Management Consulting Department. Experts from all fields including international trade, customs, industrial properties, taxation, accounting, industrial property rights, business law and construction regulations provide a one-on-one counseling and propose solutions to the member companies on issues that trouble them. The CCI also runs a library, information center and Suncheon-Gwangyang Knowledge assets center.

Ethics Management /Economic Education

In support of businesses' drive to improve transparency via ethical management, we have published and distributed a guideline, arranged regional lectures and commissioned a research project on Korea's response to the Ethics Round. Furthermore, we are actively engaged in economic and business education, to improve pro-business sentiment among teenagers and the general public.

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.

Issuance of Digital Signature Certification

As electronic approval and online business systems become more widespread, our Chamber issues digital signature certificates to promote our members’ convenience. A digital signature certificate is not only used to authenticate a user’s identity online, but also utilized in e-bidding, e-tax, e-finance, e-commerce and e-government systems. Currently we issue two types of digital signature certificates, for individuals and for employers.

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.

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.

Job Placement Center

The CCI runs a free job placement center and holds job fairs in order to stimulate the local economy through the proper supply of industrial workforce and employment security. The CCI also engages in activities that secure the labor-management-government harmony and cooperation.

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.

Support Center for Conventional Market Management

The CCI operates "Support Center for Conventional Market Management" to lay a foundation that will help the beleaguered conventional market stand on its own from the onslaught of mega shopping malls and discount stores.

Community Activities in Industrial Complex

The CCI conducts cultural activities to ensure the high quality leisure time for the employees and their families of regional area. The CCI also promote the pastime activities including culture and arts. This is designed to increase their happiness, cultivate the healthy corporate culture and contribute to the widened participation of general public in culture and arts.

Global Business Marketing

With the top-class research and analysis experts in trade and marketing, we assist our member companies to seek overseas opportunities. The level of our extensive knowledge matches up to that of major economic research institutes. Reports include: new industrial technology trends; market updates; national trade regulations; national FTA arrangements under the WTO regime, subsequent changes to the trade environment and countermeasures.

Activities: Cooperation with foreign economic organizations / Support to opening new markets abroad / Invitation for foreign economic organizations and counsels / Seminars and conferences related to international trade / Cooperation with foreign envoys to Korea / Friendly cooperation with global businesses International Cooperation Projects

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

In line with the era of IT management, the CCI has constructed the database (DB) of company information which contains general business information such as type of business, point of contact, etc in XML format using is state-of-the-art technology. In addition, we provide commodity information based on UNSPSC, which is an international commodity classification system in e-business.

Also, we endeavor to help member companies with their inter-company electronic commerce (B2B) by providing services on real-time updated trade inquiry information and financial information.

Designing of Corporate Webpage and Web hosting Service

To improve the competitiveness and marketing capability of member companies, the CCI helps them design of the website, provide the web hosting service, register service of domain name and electronic mailing service.

Corporate Webmail Service

The CCI offers high-speed webhard and a mail storage space with maximum of 2GB capacity on a company domain.

E-commerce Support Center

In collaboration with MOCIE (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy), the Suncheon-Gwangyang CCI runs "E-commerce Support Center" to provide support in e-commerce projects, electronic receipt, electronic tender bidding and electronic signature authentication, consult on corporate informatization.

Shopping Mall for QC products

The CCI runs "Shopping Mall for QC products" which sells Quality Control (QC) goods designated after rigorous scrutiny by local government, in an effort to support and promote their sales network across the country. The items cover products from agricultural, fishery, livestock, manufacturing to handicrafts industries.

Support in Issue of Electronic Receipt

The CCI engages in service that issues the digital electronic receipt which is more swiftly and accurately than the conventional handwritten receipt. In addition, the CCI offers services including the registration and recording of transaction details, filing service for tax return. Also, the CCI operate the website entitled "www.etax.or.kr," which guarantees the security and stability with its forgery-proof system of electronic signature using the official authentication.

Accredited Vocational Qualifications

Authorized by the government, the CCI administers national skills certification tests to verify highly-skilled workers. The CCI operates many test centers and provides services on the internet including an online application and test results. More information is available at www.passon.co.kr.