New Chinese-Language Global Sources Online to Bring World's Leading B2B Marketplace to China

New Chinese-Language Global Sources Online to Bring World's Leading B2B Marketplace to China

August 08, 2007

    HONG KONG, Aug. 8 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The world's
leading B2B portal, Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL), will
launch a new Chinese-language site called China Global
Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com.cn ) in
October.  The new website is designed to drive new business
for companies engaged in China domestic trade and for
overseas firms intent on selling into China.

    (Logo: http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/200708071747.jpg )

    Global Sources' Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs,
said: "Launching China Global Sources Online is the
next step in our expansion into China's domestic B2B
market.  Our strategy is to launch new online, print and
trade show channels to serve our existing or related
industry segments.

    "This launch will complement our upcoming Shanghai
China Sourcing Fairs in December.  Likewise, it will further
extend our support of China's high-tech electronics sector,
which we currently serve with a suite of industry-leading
Chinese-language magazines, websites and events.

    "Our aim is to leverage our brands, content,
advertisers, sales, infrastructure, expertise and community
to ramp this up quickly -- and to maintain the quality
standards for which Global Sources is recognized,"
Hinrichs said.

    Content on China Global Sources Online will be
initially offered free of charge to existing export
suppliers who are also engaged in domestic trade.  Products
on the site will be different from those on export-focused
Global Sources Online, as products in demand in the China
domestic market often differ from those offered to overseas
markets.

    Hinrichs stressed the importance of supplier
qualification. "The Internet today is crowded with
questionable information from questionable suppliers.

    "Buyers trust Global Sources because our suppliers
have been carefully verified through personal visits from
our team of professionals.  China Global Sources Online
will extend this level of professionalism to China's
domestic market."

    Growing China Prosperity, Growing Consumer Demand
Support Offering

    Hinrichs said: "As China's consumers become more
prosperous, and competition for their business intensifies,
China-focused retailers, wholesalers, distributors and
manufacturers are being driven to offer more variety and
higher quality products.

    "The suppliers in our community are experienced
exporters -- well versed in meeting the quality, price and
service requirements of demanding overseas markets.  We
expect many of our suppliers to use China Global Sources
Online to help them effectively leverage their
international expertise into a domestic competitive
advantage."
    
    Extensive Chinese-Language Media for Global Sources'
One Million-strong Community

    Global Sources has had an on-the-ground presence in
China for more than 26 years.  The company already produces
a variety of magazines, websites and events serving a one
million-strong China community ranging from the high-tech
electronics to management and lifestyle sectors.

    The `design-to-export' Chinese-language magazines and
websites for the high-tech sector include:

    -- EE Times-China ( http://www.eetchina.com );
    -- Electronics Supply and Manufacturing-China (
http://www.esmchina.com ); 
       and
    -- Electronic Design-China ( http://www.ed-china.com ).

    Electronics industry events include:

    -- IIC-China ( http://www.english.china.iicexpo.com )
in Shenzhen, 
       Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu.

    The company produces China's largest BPA-audited
Chinese-language management title, Chief Executive China,
and its companion website, Chief Executive China Online (
http://www.ceconline.com ).  Its newest title, set to
launch in September, is Elegant Living (
http://elegantliving.ceconline.com ).

    Additionally, Franchising China event (
http://franchise.ceconline.com ), now in its 10th year,
will continue to provide China's entrepreneurs access to
big brands seeking business partners.

    About Global Sources

    Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B)
media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade
with Greater China.  The core business is facilitating
trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range
of English-language media.  The other key business segment
facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using
Chinese-language media. 

    The company provides sourcing information to volume
buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers.  It
helps a community of over 635,000 active buyers source more
profitably from complex overseas supply markets.  With the
goal of providing the most effective ways possible to
advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables
suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230
countries.

    The company offers the most extensive range of media
and export marketing services in the industries it serves. 
It delivers information on 1.8 million products and more
than 150,000 suppliers annually through 13 online
marketplaces, 12 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing
research reports and nine specialized trade shows which run
22 times a year across seven cities. 

    Suppliers receive more than 18 million sales leads
annually from buyers through Global Sources Online (
http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.

    Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for
36 years.  In mainland China it has over 1,700 team members
in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million
registered online users and magazine readers for
Chinese-language media. 

    Safe Harbor Statement

    This news release contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27-A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and Section 21-E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.  The company's actual results could
differ materially from those set forth in the
forward-looking statements as a result of the risks
associated with the company's business, changes in general
economic conditions, and changes in the assumptions used in
making such forward-looking statements. 




    For more information, please contact:

    Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:
     Camellia So
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

    Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:
     Eddie Heng
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

    Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:
     James W.W. Strachan 
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 

    Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:
     Moriah Shilton & Christiane Pelz
     Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]