China Sourcing Fair Exhibitors Donate Three Truckloads of New Product Samples to Charity

More than 70 exhibitors participated in Global Sources' (NASDAQ:GSOL) China Sourcing Fairs ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/ ) Care & Share charity program held in October, donating three truckloads of display samples to people in need. Non-profit Crossroads International plans to distribute the items to people affected by natural disasters, conflict and in economically-depressed communities.
Display samples were donated by exhibitors following the fall China Sourcing Fairs: Gifts & Home Products, Electronics & Components, Fashion Accessories and Underwear & Swimwear held at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. Exhibitors donated products ranging from baby and children's products and toys to household electronics and furniture.

Global Sources' Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "Our participation in the Care & Share program is one of the many activities we are involved with to give back to communities through charity and education.

"But the real stars of this program are the China Sourcing Fair exhibitors who donated their samples -- some valued at thousands of dollars -- to help those less fortunate."

Director of Crossroads International, Sally Begbie, said: "We're thankful to Global Sources and its exhibitors for their generosity. Over the past two years, the Care & Share program has helped many people around the world by providing the kinds of items they need them."

Participating donors and further information about the Global Sources' China Sourcing Fairs and the Care & Share charity program are available at:

-- Electronics & Components http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-ELECTRONICS/CHARITY.HTM

-- Fashion Accessories http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-FASHION/CHARITY.HTM

-- Gifts & Home Products http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-GIFTS/CHARITY.HTM

Global Sources is scheduled to again run the Care & Share program at the China Sourcing Fairs in Hong Kong in April and October 2008.

Information about upcoming China Sourcing Fairs is available at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/ . Details about Crossroads International are available at http://www.crossroads.org.hk/ .

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 647,000 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 160,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 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 23 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 2,000 team members in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.