The Qi-Meritus driver left it late, pipping the DAMS car of Kamui Kobayashi by 0.001s on the very last lap of the session. Bamber's best was 1:44.048.
Durango's David Valsecchi, a winner at the Shanghai opener in October, took third, just ahead of teammate Jerome d'Ambrosio.
Tiago Monteiro's new Ocean Racing squad proved competitive, with Yelmer Buurman ending up eighth - 0.7 seconds behind Bamber.
Championship leader Roldan Rodriguez set the early pace for Piquet GP, but eventually finished ninth.
The main casualty during the session was Trident Racing's Chris van der Drift, who crashed out early after locking up and hitting the barriers.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Earl Bamber Qi-Meritus 1:44.048 2. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:44.049 3. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:44.148 4. Jerome d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:44.488 5. Pastor Maldonado ART 1:44.565 6. Sakon Yamamoto ART 1:44.711 7. Sergio Perez Campos 1:44.776 8. Yelmer Buurman Ocean 1:44.782 9. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet 1:44.905 10. Vitaly Petrov Campos 1:44.936 11. Javier Villa Super Nova 1:45.300 12. Giedo van der Garde iSport 1:45.332 13. James Jakes Super Nova 1:45.688 14. Andi Zuber FMS 1:45.815 15. Hamad Al-Fardan iSport 1:45.909 16. Michael Herck DPR 1:46.191 17. Luiz Razia Arden 1:46.314 18. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:46.315 19. Diego Nunes Piquet 1:46.342 20. Fabrizio Crestani Ocean 1:46.975 21. Renger van der Zande Arden 1:46.993 22. Alberto Valerio Trident 1:47.856 23. Kevin Nai Chia Chen FMS 1:50.600 24. Michael Dalle Selle Durango 1:50.821 25. Alex Yoong Qi-Meritus 1:51.699 26. Chris van der Drift Trident 1:53.607
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