SMIC (NYSE: SMI, SEHK: 981)

SHANGHAI, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --

Please join SMIC's:

•    Tzu-Yin Chiu, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
•    Gary Tseng, Chief Financial Officer
•    En-Ling Feng, Senior Director, Investor Relations

as they announce the company's first quarter 2012 results and take questions from investors on Friday, May 11, 2012.

The first quarter 2012 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, May 11, 2012

CONFERENCE CALL / WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS

DATE:      Friday, May 11, 2012
TIME:       8:30 A.M.     (Shanghai and Hong Kong)
                 8:30 P.M.     (New York *please note that as this call is live, it will take place on     Thursday, May 10, 2012 ET)
 
WEBCAST:
The call will be webcast live with audio at http://www.smics.com/eng/investors/ir_presentations.php, or at
http://www.media-server.com/m/p/mmjw93d2

DIAL-IN:
For those without internet access, you may participate by dialing the following numbers:
US                      1-866-519-4004              (Passcode: SMIC)
HK                      852-2475-0994               (Passcode: SMIC)
China                 40-0620-8038                 (Passcode: SMIC)
Taiwan               886-2-2650-7825           (Passcode: SMIC)
 
REPLAY:

Recording will be available approximately 1 hour after the event and it will be archived for replay at http://www.smics.com/eng/investors/ir_presentations.php, along with a soft copy of our news release, for a period of 12 months following the webcast.

CONTACT:

Investor Relations
86-21-3861-0000 ext. 12804
IR@smics.com