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Hong Kong's First China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products Opens Today; Only Specialized Fair to Take Place Four Times a Year in Asia

HONG KONG, April 20 Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall — Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL) ( http://www.globalsources.com ) will hold the first China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products at the AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong from April 20-23. The Fair will feature over 130 booths from mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as a pavilion from Taiwan. It is the only show of its kind in Hong Kong.

The Fair is co-located with the successful China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products which has over 3,200 booths from 18 countries and regions, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, Germany, Israel, Japan, UK, France, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh and the U.S.

To meet growing global demand for baby and children's products, four China Sourcing Fairs: Baby & Children's Products events are scheduled in 2008:

April 20-23 AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong June 30-July 2 Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Centre, Guangzhou (new) Oct. 20-23 AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong (new) Dec. 3-5 Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai

Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke, said: "Our China Sourcing Fairs: Baby & Children's Products are the only specialized shows of their kind in Hong Kong that satisfy the huge demand from buyers looking to find their entire product range under one roof. The global market for babywear alone was US$25 billion in 2006.

"We've been offering baby and children's products at our Gifts & Home Products event for four years now. The first specialized Fair in Shanghai in December 2007 attracted over 5,400 buyers. We are now set to expand the show to other major sourcing centers to connect even more buyers with quality suppliers.

"Hong Kong is long established as the Asian hub for international buyers and remains a crucial sourcing location. The Shanghai show was popular with domestic buyers from eastern China, while the new event in Guangzhou is positioned to attract domestic buyers based in southern China. Both regions are also home to hundreds of international buying offices."

World's Volume Buyers Visit and Source at China Sourcing Fairs

China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products in Shanghai last December attracted international buyers such as Auchan, El Cortes Ingles, Forever21, Kids Galore, Mothercare, Toys 'R' Us and The Walt Disney Company. Buyers pre- registered for today's event include Best Buy, Coles Group Asia, Dollar General, Evenflo, Li & Fung, Mattel, Newell Rubbermaid, Next Sourcing Ltd and Target.

Exhibitors at the China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products offer buyers baby and children's clothing and footwear; sleepwear and undergarments; fashion accessories; baby bedding; children's furniture; baby and children's safety products; baby care and bath products; baby feeding products; toys, games and puzzles; children's stationery; children's masks and costumes; and outdoor play equipment.

Extra Services to Create Even More Business Opportunities for Buyers and Suppliers

Global Sources offers a range of value-added services to help suppliers meet the right buyers at the China Sourcing Fairs:

— Private Buyer Meetings at the shows create exclusive opportunities for pre-selected exhibitors to meet face-to-face with some of the world's top buyers including Dollar General, Otto International, Playtex, Sears, Sobond and Target. — Virtual Buyer Meetings enable exhibitors to meet top international buyers who cannot make it to the Fairs via an on-site video conferencing system. — Vendor Summits save buyers' time allowing them to introduce their companies and outline sourcing requirements to up to 50 pre-selected exhibitors in a private conference room. Dollar General is due to attend this activity at China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products. — The Brand Zone features exhibitors committed to building their own B2C and B2B brands through product innovation and quality. — Free Conference Programs feature international experts speaking on up to the minute issues affecting the industry. Topics this year include quality control, product trends and compliance, logistics, color trends, China sourcing and intellectual property issues. — Special Buyers' Lounges offer free Internet access, refreshments and sourcing information. China Sourcing Fairs Dates and Times Opening times for the Fairs are: — April 20-22 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. — April 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Buyers can register for free and find more information about upcoming China Sourcing Fairs at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com .

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of 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 business segments facilitate trade from the world to Greater China, and trade within 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 657,000 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 2 million products and more than 170,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 29 times a year across nine cities.

Suppliers receive more than 27 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has over 2,100 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.

Global Sources Press Contact in Asia: Camellia So Tel: +852-2555-5021 Email: cso@globalsources.com Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia: Investor Relations Department Tel: +852-2555-4777 Email: investor@globalsources.com Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan Tel: +1-480-664-8309 Email: strachan@globalsources.com Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.: Christiane Pelz & Kirsten Chapman Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. Tel: +1-415-433-3777 Email: investor@globalsources.com

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