Shanghai  [2009-01-09]

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 +1-617-597-5342 (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:

Email: IR@smics.com

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

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

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

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