WUHAN, CHINA, September 14, 2009 –The 14th International IC-China Conference & Exhibition (IIC-China, http://www.english.iic-china.com) and co-located Components Zone (http://www.cz.IIC-China.com) opens today at the Wuhan Science & Technology Convention and Exhibition Center. This inaugural event will feature 85 booths from technology and components companies including Analog Devices, Cvilux, Eyang Technology, Linear Technology, Mueller Electric, Richardson Electronics, Shenzhen Secom, Texas Instruments and Xiamen Letdo Electron. The event will run until Sept. 15.

"We are expanding IIC-China and co-located Components Zone to Wuhan because it is one of China's key emerging electronics hubs as well as China's optical valley. According to the Information Industry Bureau of Wuhan, the annual output of the electronics and information industry will grow at an average of 23 percent annually, reaching RMB 150 billion by 2011 – thanks to the stimulus policies of the Central Government and the support of the local Provincial Government," said Mark A. Saunderson, President of Global Sources' (NASDAQ: GSOL), Electronics Business Unit.

"IIC-China and Components Zone's exhibition and conference program will provide Wuhan's engineering community and manufacturers with a face-to-face platform to learn from international and local technology leaders. They will find solutions and components, exchange ideas and collect information that will help them to inspire design and technology. And fuel the future growth of the electronics industry in China."

Informative Conference and Keynote Addresses by electronics industry leaders

Engineers will have a unique opportunity to learn about enabling technology from international and local industry gurus during seminars at the show. Today, Keynote Addresses will be delivered by:

• Broadcom's Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Networking Group, Nariman Yousefi, presenting ‘Rich content delivery and Internet data centers: How they are changing broadband communications as we know it';
• FCI's General Sales Director for Greater China and Korea, C.S. Wong, will deliver the Components Zone Keynote Address ‘New technology in advanced motorized vehicle'.

Maxim will host a Summit on Laser-based Pico Projectors, and Altium, Analog Devices and Spansion will hold Vendor Seminars on subjects including PCB's, soft design and the convergence of embedded applications.

Wuhan is the first venue of IIC-China and Components Zone 2009 Fall Edition. It is scheduled to run through tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., then Sept. 17-18 in Dongguan and Sept. 22-23 in Chengdu. For more information, visit http://www.english.iic-china.com .

Global Sources' design-to-export solution for Greater China and Asia's electronics industry

IIC-China is an important part of Global Sources' portfolio of electronics industry media and trade show brands. Combining 29 online and 10 print media, plus four events which run 12 times across 10 cities, Global Sources provides Greater China and Asia's electronics industry with end-to-end support - from product conceptualization through to export of finished products.

Global Sources' key electronics industry event brands also include China Sourcing Fairs: Electronics, Security Products and Electronics & Components (http://www.chinasourcingfair.com).

For more information about Global Sources, visit http://www.corporate.globalsources.com .