Harbin Electric to Report First Quarter 2009 Financial Results on May 8th

HARBIN, China, April 29 Harbin Electric, Inc., ("Harbin Electric" or the "Company") , a leading Chinese developer and manufacturer of a wide array of electric motors, will host a conference call to discuss the first quarter 2009 financial results at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, May 8th, 2009. Tianfu Yang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Zedong Xu, Chief Financial Officer, and Christy Shue, Executive Vice President will be on the call. The Company plans to release its first quarter 2009 financial results before the conference call.

To participate in the conference call, please dial any of the following numbers:

   USA:            1-800-603-1779
   International:  +1-706-643-7429
   North China:    10-800-713-0924
   South China:    10-800-130-0748

  The conference ID for the call is 97298235

A replay of the call will be available beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT on May 8th, 2009 and will remain available through midnight on May 15th, 2009.

  To access the replay, please dial any of the following numbers:
  USA:            1-800-642-1687
  International:  +1-706-645-9291

  Passcode is 97298235.

This conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet. To listen to the live webcast, go to http://www.harbinelectric.com/ and click on 'Harbin Electric Q1 2009 Financial Results Conference Call'. The replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days and will be archived on the Investor Kits page of the website after 30 days.