Chamber of commerce 1599 in Marseille, France. Another official chamber of commerce would follow 65 years later, probably in Bruges, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. The world's oldest English-speaking chamber of commerce is the Jersey Chamber founded in February 1768, the same year the New York City Chamber was founded, The oldest known existing chamber in the English-speaking world with continuous records, the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, was founded in 1783. However, Hull Chamber of Commerce is the UK's oldest, followed by those of Leeds and of Belfast in present day Northern Ireland. As a non-governmental institution, a chamber of commerce has
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai are responsible for the daily operations of the Chamber. Hélène Larochelle is the current Executive Director. Originally called the Canadian Business Forum (CBF), the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai was formed in 1996 by a group of locally based Canadian companies and entrepreneurs . In 2001, the CBF formed a partnership with the Canada China Business Council (CCBC) and was renamed the CCBC Shanghai Chapter. In the ensuing years, the CCBC Shanghai Chapter worked with the CCBC to develop the Canadian Business community in Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta Region at large while maintaining its operational independence and its