GLG GLG Life Tech Corp

GLG Life Tech Corporation (TSX: GLG)(NASDAQ: GLGL) ("GLG" or the "Company"), the vertically integrated leader in the agricultural and industrial development of high quality stevia extracts, is pleased to announce that its stevia seed propagation program has achieved a significant success that is expected to result in considerable savings for the Company into the future. The GLG Huinong One proprietary strain has shown commercial viability in the field as a direct seed plant and is expected to enable the Company, in 2010, to generate up to an estimated 40,000 metric tons ("MT") of GLG proprietary stevia leaf grown directly from seeds without the use of greenhouses and seedlings as an intermediary step.

GLG's stevia research and development team, led by Chief Agricultural Scientist Qibin Wang, is pleased with this milestone development which enables the Company to eliminate spending long months growing seedlings in greenhouses which must then be uprooted, transported, and replanted into the field. The elimination of the greenhouse step is expected to also save time and labor for the farmers with whom GLG partners.

The GLG Huinong One proprietary strain contains significantly higher Rebaudioside A content, generates higher yields, and is also more disease resistant than the China common market leaf. The Company has been increasingly introducing its proprietary stevia strains into the Company's exclusive growing areas. In 2009, the Company estimates that 50% of its harvest contained GLG proprietary leaf. In 2010, the Company expects to have the ability to harvest 100% of its own proprietary leaf, which would meet capacity at each of its processing centers. This achievement is expected to lead to greater processing efficiencies due to greater leaf yields.

Chairman and CEO Dr. Luke Zhang states, "We believe the quality of our proprietary stevia leaf strain is unmatched. It is because of our agricultural team's hard work over the last 10 years that we have been able to maintain leading technologies in both agriculture and industrial processing. This enables us to continually improve the quality of our products and efficiency of our operations in order to maintain our competitive edge and leading position in the marketplace."

About GLG Life Tech Corporation

GLG Life Tech Corporation is a global leader in the supply of high purity stevia, an all natural, zero-calorie sweetener used in food and beverages. The Company's operations cover each step in the stevia supply chain including non-GMO stevia seed breeding, natural propagation, stevia leaf growth and harvest, proprietary extraction and refining, marketing and distribution of finished product.

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Contacts: GLG Life Tech Corporation Brian Meadows Chief Financial Officer +1 (604) 641-1368 +1 (604) 844-2830 (FAX) Email: ir@glglifetech.com Website: www.glglifetech.com