Third Quarter 2009 Webcast Conference Call

SMIC (NYSE: SMI, SEHK: 981)

• Press Release
• Source: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
• On 6:58 am EDT, Wednesday October 14, 2009

    FREMONT, Calif. and SHANGHAI, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --

    Please join SMIC's:
    -- Dr. Richard Chang, Chief Executive Officer and President
    -- Morning Wu, Acting Chief Financial Officer
    -- Gareth Kung, Senior Director, Finance and Accounting
    -- En-Ling Feng, Director, Investor Relations

as they announce the company's third quarter results and take questions from investors on Thursday, October 29, 2009.

The third quarter 2009 results will also be released and available at http://www.smics.com before the start of trading on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on Thursday, October 29, 2009.

    Date:    Thursday, October 29, 2009

    Time:    8:30 A.M. (Shanghai and Hong Kong)
             8:30 P.M. (New York *please note that because this call is live,
                       it will be taking place on Wednesday, October 28th,
                       2009 EDT)

    Webcast: The call will be webcast live with audio at http://www.smics.com
             under the "Investor Relations" section.

    Dial-in: For those without internet access, you may participate in the
             conference call by dialing the following numbers:

             US 1-617-614-3672 / 1-800-260-8140 (Passcode: SMIC)
             HK 852-3002-1672                   (Passcode: SMIC)

    Replay:  The live audio webcast will be archived for replay at
             http://www.smics.com, along with a soft copy of our news release,
             for a period of 12 months following the webcast.

    For more information, please contact:

    Investor Relations:
     IR@smics.com

     Enling Feng
     Tel:   +86-21-3861-0000 x16275
     Email: Enling_Feng@smics.com

     Stephanie Cheung
     Tel:   +86-21-3861-0000 x16113
     Email: Stephanie_Cheung@smics.com

     Anne Wong Chen
     Tel:   +86-21-3861-0000 x12804
     Email: Anne_CAYW@smics.com

     Beverly Liu
     Tel:   +86-21-3861-0000 x16099
     Email: Beverly_Liu@smics.com

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