Gregory Harris

Commercial Officer, American Consulate General Shanghai

Clean Tech China:  Market Opportunities and Challenges

Gregory Harris is a Commercial Officer at U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, China where his portfolio encompasses the substantive environmental, energy, construction and rail/marine sectors.  He also leads the China wide environmental team.  Prior to this assignment, Harris served as Commercial Officer at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Taipei office, the Grand Rapids Michigan US Export Assistance Center, and the Kaohsiung office of AIT.

Over his career, Harris has been credited with assisting US firms export American products and services valued in the millions of dollars to over twenty-five foreign markets.  He has previous Asia experience in the international non-profit and private sectors.  He has US military experience with the U.S. Air Force as a linguist and intelligence analyst with postings in Japan and Korea.  He has been covering greater China, academically, economically or militarily for over twenty-five years. He is married with two children.