Global Sources wins The Asset's 2010 Corporate Award for the second consecutive year

HONG KONG, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Global Sources Ltd. (Nasdaq: GSOL) (http://www.globalsources.com) received the Titanium award for excellence in Corporate Governance and Investor Relations in The Asset's December 2010 issue, for the second year in a row.

Global Sources' Chief Financial Officer, Connie Lai, said: "The recognition from The Asset validates our continued dedication to exceed best practices in corporate governance and investor relations. We are proud to receive this award."

The Asset's (http://www.theasset.com) Triple A Awards are Asia's defining recognition for excellence in the industry. Into their second decade, the perception and appreciation of The Triple A's has gone from strength-to-strength. This reputation has been built upon the stringent methodology, combined with the rigorous approach, to the selection of the winners of the coveted Triple A. The awards are adjudicated by The Asset's Board of Editors, who collectively have several decades' worth of evaluating industry awards in Asia.

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 uses English-language media to facilitate trade from Greater China to the world. The other business segment utilizes Chinese-language media to enable companies to sell to, and within Greater China.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 967,000 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 240 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on over 4.7 million products and more than 262,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly print and 18 digital magazines, over 80 sourcing research reports and 20 specialized trade shows which run 57 times a year across 9 cities.

Suppliers receive more than 192 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 40 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 60 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has about 2,700 team members in more than 40 locations, and a community of over 2 million registered online users and magazine readers for its Chinese-language media.