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Harbin Electric to Present at Cowen and Company 8th Annual Consumer Conference

HARBIN, China, Jan. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/-- Harbin Electric, Inc. ("Harbin Electric" or the "Company", Nasdaq: HRBN), a leading developer and manufacturer of a wide array of electric motors in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it will present at Cowen and Company's 8th Annual Consumer Conference on January 12, 2010.

  Event:              Formal Presentation, Q&A, One-on-One meetings
  Conference Date:    January 11-12, 2010
  Location:           Westin New York at Times Square
  Presentation Time:  3:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 12, 2010
  Presenter:          Christy Shue, Executive VP,
                      Finance & Investor Relations

The Company's presentations at the conference will be web cast live and can be accessed on the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://www.harbinelectric.com/ .

A replay of the web cast will be archived for 90 days on the web site after the conference.

For more information about the conference, please visit http://conferences.cowen.com/ .

About Harbin Electric, Inc.

Harbin Electric, headquartered in Harbin, China, is a leading developer and manufacturer of a wide array of electric motors with a focus on innovative, customized and value-added products. Its major product lines include industrial rotary motors, linear motors, and specialty micro-motors. The Company's products are purchased by a broad range of domestic and international customers, including those involved in energy industry, factory automation, food processing, packaging, transportation, automobile, medical devices, machinery and tool manufacturing, chemical, petrochemical, as well as in the metallurgical and mining industries. With a recent acquisition of industrial rotary motor business, the Company operates four manufacturing facilities in China located in Xi'an, Weihai, Harbin and Shanghai.

Harbin Electric has built a strong research and development capability by recruiting talent worldwide and through collaborations with top scientific institutions. The Company owns numerous patents in China and has developed award-winning products for its customers. Relying on its own proprietary technology, the Company developed an energy efficient linear motor driving oil pump, the first of its kind in the world, for the largest oil filed in China. Its self-developed linear motor propulsion system is powering China's first domestically made linear motor driving metro train. As China continues to grow its industrial base, Harbin Electric aspires to be a leader in the industrialization and technology transformation of the Chinese manufacturing sector. To learn more about Harbin Electric, visit http://www.harbinelectric.com/ .

  For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

  In China
   Harbin Electric, Inc.
   Tel:   +86-451-8611-6757
   Email: MainlandIR@Tech-full.com

  In the U.S.
   Christy Shue
   Harbin Electric, Inc.
   Executive VP, Finance & Investor Relations
   Tel:   +1-631-312-8612
   Email: cshue@HarbinElectric.com

   Kathy Li
   Christensen Investor Relations
   Tel:   +1-212-618-1978
   Email: kli@christensenir.com