Tan Sri Datuk Amar Wee Boon Ping (1936 – 1998)’s forefathers came from Quanzhou Fujian, but he was born in Simunjan District in Sarawak. The family eventually uprooted and moved to Kuching. Wee ventured into the construction industry in 1960 and quickly emerged as a business leader in Kuching. He later branched into the timber industry in Sabah and grew to become one of the most regarded timber merchant in Malaysia. In 1968, Wee established the newspaper International Times and begun to shift his focus back into real estate development. He started Kim Chuan Seng Holdings with operation across East and West Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Wee was fondly referred to as the ambassador of the people and played key roles in bilateral relationship between China and Malaysia. He exerts his influence through various associations to help the Chinese business community grow.
Under the leadership of Wee, the ACCCIM also managed to be awarded some 27,000 acres of land by the Sabah State Government for joint development by Unico-Desa Plantation Bhd and the Sabah Rural Development Board. During the same period, the ACCCIM partnered with the Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (MCCM) to form the Sino-Malay Joint Chambers Council of Malaysia(SMJCCM) for the promotion of genuine joint ventures between bumiputeras and non-bumiputeras businesses. The SMJCCM visited Beijing for a high-level discussion with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), seeding the way for the signing of the historical Sino-Malaysia Economic Cooperation Agreement of 1988 which paved the way for bilateral trade.