Over 10,000 Buyers Pre-registered for New China Sourcing Fairs: Baby & Children's Products and Fashion Accessories in Shanghai

Over 10,000 buyers, including global players such as Coles Myer, Gap, H & M, Li & Fung, Sears, Target and Tommy Hilfiger, have pre-registered to attend Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL) first China Sourcing Fairs: Baby & Children's Products and Fashion Accessories in Shanghai ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com ). Domestic buyers including Hua Lian GMS Shopping Centre, Ren Ren Le Group and TVSN have also signed up to attend the inaugural shows, set for Dec. 12-14, 2007 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, China. Visitors will be able to see 440 booths from various countries and regions including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines and India.

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Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke, said: "We're returning to Shanghai after two years to meet the growing demand for China suppliers, from both international and domestic buyers. The Fairs will provide a focus for quality suppliers to meet directly with local buyers, as well as the hundreds of international buying organizations, which have offices in this dynamic city. Suppliers can also sell direct to global visitors who come to Shanghai to source from Asia."

As well as providing a face-to-face business platform for buyers and suppliers, the Shanghai Fairs will feature free seminars on quality control.

Benecke said: "We have invited quality control experts Bureau Veritas to provide critical information for both manufacturers and buyers who make decisions on the design of children's products. This is part of Global Sources' objective to provide the most relevant and topical information on quality issues to our customers, so that we continue to attract the best buyers and suppliers in the business."

With a growing customer focus on the health and safety of imported products, Bureau Veritas will also present information on the costume jewelry testing requirements of the US and European markets.

Market Potential is Enormous in Shanghai and Worldwide

Shanghai is fast emerging as mainland China's sourcing capital for consumer products. There are over 330 multinational buying offices based in Shanghai, plus more than 3,000 buying offices serving the needs of the booming domestic market.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, over 16 million babies were born in mainland China in 2006. And with 27 percent of mainland China's population of 1.3 billion being under 14 years of age, there is a huge need for baby and children's products.

Mainland China-made fashion accessories are in demand throughout the world. The China Customs Database indicates that in 2006, mainland China's exports of fashion jewelry increased by 25 percent to US$6.9 billion. Mainland China is the largest producing and exporting country for shoes in the world. In the first half of 2007, China exported 4.4 billion pairs of shoes, a year-on-year growth of 12%, valued at US$12 billion.

China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products and Fashion Accessories Dates, Times and Future Events

The Shanghai Fairs will open Dec. 12-14 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Currently, a pavilion within China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products, Baby & Children's Products is scheduled to expand and launch under its own brand in Hong Kong on Apr. 20-23 and Oct. 20-23, 2008 at AsiaWorld-Expo.

In 2008, the Fashion Accessories event is scheduled to take place five times.

"We're extending our successful China Sourcing Fair: Fashion Accessories brand around the world -- taking it to where the volume buyers are located," Benecke said: "As well as our April and October events in Hong Kong, the Fair is also scheduled for June 2008 in Dubai and twice in mainland China next year."

Show to Feature Fashion Parades and Free Personalized Advice for Buyers

Value-added services at the show include:

-- Fashion Parades showcasing the latest trends will be a daily feature at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

-- Country and Regional Pavilions focus on products from Asia and emerging mainland China supply centers.

-- Ask the Expert Program offers free personalized, professional advice to buyers' import questions. It is a unique new service of one-on-one consultations with industry specialists.

-- Special Buyers' Lounges offer free Internet
access, refreshments and sourcing information.

Discount Travel Rates Available

Special hotel rates are available through China Sourcing Fair travel partners listed at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com . Buyers who pre-register are also entitled to receive free admission, a free Show Guide and Venue Maps.

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.

Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:
Camellia So
Tel: +852-2555-5021