Released on = June 4, 2006, 6:38 pm

Press Release Author = Global Sources Corporate Marketing

Industry = International Trade

Press Release Summary = BtoB Magazine ranked Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) as one of
the world\'s 50 most powerful business-to-business media venues in its seventh Annual
Media Power 50 awards.

Press Release Body = BtoB Magazine ranked Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) as one of
the world\'s 50 most powerful business-to-business media venues in its seventh Annual
Media Power 50 awards.

Global Sources chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: \"It is an honor to be in
the Top 50 along with respected heavyweights Google, the Wall Street Journal,
Forbes, the New York Times and other specialized media.

\"This industry recognition further underlines the value our brand delivers to our
buyer and supplier communities.\"

BtoB Magazine editors and reporters compiled the Media Power 50 considering
advertising revenue and audience, plus interviews with top media buyers, advertisers
and industry analysts for their opinions on the most powerful and targeted
business-to-business advertising venues.

Hinrichs said: \"Throughout our 35-year history, Global Sources has always focused on
attracting a very specific and high-quality buyer audience. This in turn has helped
us attract the highest quality export advertisers.

\"Today, we help our buyers and suppliers to meet, buy and sell through our unmatched
multi-media platform: in print through our monthly publications, online though
Global Sources Online, and face-to-face at our China Sourcing Fairs.\"

Launched in 1995, Global Sources Online was Asia\'s first B2B online marketplace for
global exports. It is an integral part of Global Sources export advertising and
sourcing information services. This includes Global Sources trade magazines and the
China Sourcing Fairs (http://www.chinasourcingfair.com) in Hong Kong and Dubai. More
information is available at the company\'s corporate website,
http://www.corporate.globalsources.com .

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 484,000 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 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 130,000 suppliers annually through 10 online marketplaces, nine monthly
magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 14 trade shows, including six
China Sourcing Fairs. Suppliers receive more than 6.6 million sales leads annually
from buyers through Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 35 years. In mainland China it
has 1,400 team members in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered
online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.

Web Site = http://www.globalsources.com

Contact Details = 22/F. Vita Tower
Aberdeen
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2555-5023
Email: press_corp@globalsources.com