SMIC (NYSE: SMI, SEHK: 981) Schedules Fourth Quarter 2008 Webcast Conference Call

SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 12  /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- 

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



as they announce the company's fourth quarter results and take questions from investors on Friday, February 6, 2009.

The fourth quarter 2008 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 Friday, February 6, 2009.

  CONFERENCE CALL / WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS
  DATE: Friday, February 6, 2009
  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 Thursday, February 5th, 2009 EST)

  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  [phone] (Passcode: SMIC)
  HK  [phone]  (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:

   Email: 

   Enling Feng
   Investor Relations
   Tel:   [phone] x16275
   Email: 

   Stephanie Cheung
   Investor Relations
   Tel:   [phone] x16113
   Email: 

   Anne Wong Chen
   Investor Relations
   Tel:   [phone] x12804
   Email: 

   Beverly Liu
   Investor Relations Corporate Relations
   Tel:   [phone] x16099
   Email: 

DATASOURCE: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation



CONTACT:  Email: ; Enling Feng of Investor Relations, +86-21-

3861-0000 x16275, or ; Stephanie Cheung of Investor

Relations, [phone] x16113, or ; Anne Wong

Chen of Investor Relations, [phone] x12804, or ;

Beverly Liu of Investor Relations Corporate Relations, [phone] x16099,

or  



Web site:  http://www.smics.com/

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