Sino-Global Appoints He Yi Min

Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SINO) ("Sino-Global"), a non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China, announced the appointment of Mr. He Yi Min as chief technical officer, effective January 1, 2009.

As chief technical officer, Mr. He will direct standards formulation, process optimization, quality assurance and a number of other technical areas.

"Our commitment to investing in top talent enables us to offer a comprehensive set of consistently high-quality shipping agency services even as we expand the geographical reach of our business," said Mr. Cao Lei, Sino-Global's chief executive officer. "Mr. He's decades of experience solving complex shipping process challenges make him the ideal choice to build out and refine the technical processes and standards that help differentiate our services from those of our competitors. We look forward to his contributions, which we expect will solidify our position as one of the most cost-effective solutions on the market as we work to streamline the shipping process for our clients."

Mr. He has over 36 years of experience in the shipping industry and has worked with Sino-Global since June 2007. Prior to joining Sino-Global, Mr. He was the deputy general manager of China United Tally Co., Ltd, a holding subsidiary of COSCO Group from 2004 to 2007, general manager of Huanyang Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of COSCO Logistics (Qingdao) from 2003 through 2004 and assistant to General Manager of COSCO Logistics from 2001 to 2003. Mr. He worked for 30 years with Penavico Qingdao, a branch of COSCO Logistics, a state-owned shipping agency established in 1953, most recently as manager of the shipping department. Before that, he held several other positions at Penavico Qingdao, including marketing manager, deputy manager and operator. Mr. He graduated from Shandong Economic Management Personnel Institute with a major in economic management.