Harbin Electric, Inc. ('Harbin Electric' or the 'Company'; Nasdaq: HRBN), a leading developer and manufacturer of a wide range of electric motors, will participate in the Roth China Comes to Vegas Conference to be held on November 19-21, 2008 at the Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Company will present the business overview including core business, competitive strengths, and key growth strategies at 1:00 p.m. PT on November 20 at Palmer 2 room. Mr. Tianfu Yang, Harbin Electric's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Ms. Christy Shue, Executive Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations will be available to answer investor questions after the presentation and at the one-on-one meetings.

The Company's presentation 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 after the conference.

The Roth China Comes to Vegas Conference is a three-day conference in Las Vegas that features presentations of executives from approximately 70 U.S.- listed Chinese companies with an average market cap of $300 million. For more information about this conference, please visit http://www.roth.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 linear motors, automobile specialty micro-motors, and industrial rotary motors. The Company's products are purchased by a broad range of domestic and international customers, including those involved in oil services, factory automation, food processing, packaging, transportation, automobile, medical devices, machinery and tool manufacturing, petrochemical, as well as in the metallurgical and mining industries.

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. Through its U.S. and China-based subsidiaries, the Company operates two manufacturing facilities in China located in Harbin and Weihai, and is completing the construction of a high- efficiency production plant in Shanghai. Harbin Electric employs approximately 2,200 people including employees at Hengda Electric Motor Co. Ltd., which it recently acquired. Each of the three manufacturing facilities is dedicated to a specific product line and is equipped with state-of-the-art production equipment and quality control systems.

As China continues to grow its industrial base, Harbin Electric aspires to be a pioneer in leading the industrialization and technology transformation of the Chinese manufacturing sector. To learn more about Harbin Electric, visit http://www.harbinelectric.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

The actual results of Harbin Electric, Inc. could differ materially from those described in this press release. Detailed information regarding factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by statements in this press release may be found in the Company's periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the factors described in the section entitled 'Risk Factors' in its annual report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in the press release. This press release contains forward-looking information about the Company that is intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. These statements can be identified by the use of forward- looking terminology such as 'believe,', 'expect,' 'may,' 'will,' 'should,'
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