''Datang Holdings to Invest US$172 Million in SMIC'' - Webcast Conference Call SMIC (NYSE: SMI, SEHK: 981)

  SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --

  Please join SMIC's:
  -- Dr. Richard Chang, Chief Executive Officer and President
  -- Morning Wu, Acting Chief Financial Officer
  -- Enling Feng, Director of Investor Relations


as they announce the US$172M investment from Datang Holdings in SMIC and take questions from investors on Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

The announcement of the investment from Datang Holdings will also be released and available at http://www.smics.com/ before the start of trading on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on Tuesday, November 11, 2008

  CONFERENCE CALL / WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS

  DATE: Tuesday, November 11, 2008

  TIME: 8:30 A.M. (Shanghai and Hong Kong)


7:30 P.M. (New York *please note that because this call is live, it will be taking place on Wednesday, November  10th, 2008 EST)

  WEBCAST:
  The call will be webcast live with audio at http://www.smics.com/ .

  DIAL-IN:


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

  US 1-617-786-4511 (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. 

DATASOURCE: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation



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