Chief Executive China Creates Ground-Breaking Executive Education in Partnership with Stanford University and Famous MIT Professor

China's C-level executives looking for their next competitive advantage now have two entirely new learning opportunities from Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL) Chief Executive China ( http://www.ceconline.com ), the leading international management magazine and website serving China's business elite.

World-famous author and MIT professor, Dr. Peter Senge, will host the first "Chief Executive China Guru Conference Series" on September 11 in Shanghai. Dr. Senge, called "one of the 20 most influential business strategists" by The Wall Street Journal, is the renowned author of The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, and a senior lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Subsequent "guru" conferences will be held quarterly, featuring world-famous business thinkers invited to China by Chief Executive China.

In addition, the first-ever "Stanford-Chief Executive China Learn & Play Executive Development Program", developed in partnership with California's Stanford University ( http://www.stanford.edu ), will begin on November 21, with continuing programs each quarter. Stanford University is widely recognized as the world's top business school for entrepreneurs. The "Stanford-Chief Executive China Learn & Play Executive Development Program" marks the first time that Chinese executives will have direct access to Stanford University professors in China. The program uses an innovative approach that combines intensive learning and relaxed networking tailored for China's business executives.

"These exciting executive education programs are truly groundbreaking for China," said Craig Pepples, Global Sources Chief Operating Officer and Publisher of Chief Executive China. "These specialized programs bring the world's top business thinkers to China, giving China's business elite face-to- face learning opportunities at the highest level."

Stanford-Chief Executive China Learn & Play Executive Development Program: Four Weekends of Intensive Learning and Fun Networking

Fewer than 100 Chinese C-level executives will have the opportunity to participate in the ground-breaking program with Stanford. Unlike more traditional eMBA programs, the joint Stanford-CEC program takes place over four weekends spread across the year. Each weekend focuses on a different management topic, and is hosted by Stanford's leading expert in that area. In lectures, case studies and conversations, participants will have many opportunities to engage with Stanford professors and develop new ideas about how to better manage their particular business. In addition to intensive academics, participants will also have time to network with each other by playing golf and other sports.

For more information about these two programs, please visit Chief Executive China Online ( http://www.ceconline.com ).

About Chief Executive China magazine and website

Chief Executive China is China's leading monthly management magazine, having successfully introduced advanced management ideas to China's business professionals since 1992. As verified by BPA Worldwide's June 2008 audit, Chief Executive China has a circulation of more than 195,000 subscribers, 76.6 percent of whom are chairmen, CEOs, presidents, general managers, owners or other senior executives.

In terms of audited circulation, influence, brand recognition, reader loyalty and content, Chief Executive China is the leading business publication in China.

Chief Executive China Online ( http://www.ceconline.com ) is the largest and most popular management website for China's executives. It elaborates on the management topics covered in the magazine and acts as an interactive platform between peers and experts. As of May 2008, more than 923,000 active registered users belong to this online community.

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 700,000 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 2.6 million products and more than 195,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 27 times a year across eight cities.

Suppliers receive more than 32 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.

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