SMIC Second Quarter 2007 Webcast Conference Call

SMIC Second Quarter 2007 Webcast Conference Call

July 13, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, July 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
(SMIC) (NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) will be conducting a webcast
conference call on its second quarter results on Friday,
July 27, 2007.
    (Logo:  http://www.xprn.com.cn/xprn/sa/200611101605.jpg
)

    Please join SMIC's:

     -- Dr. Richard Chang, Chief Executive Officer and
President;
     -- Morning Wu, Acting Chief Financial Officer; and
     -- Theresa Teng, Head of Finance and Investor
Relations,
     as they announce the company's second quarter results
and take questions 
     from investors on Friday, July 27, 2007.

    The second quarter 2007 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, July
27, 2007.

    CONFERENCE CALL / WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS

     DATE: Friday, July 27th, 2007
     TIME: 7:30 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,
July 26, 2007 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:

    Investor Relations Department
     Tel:   [phone]

     Theresa Teng at ext 16278
     Email:  [e-mail]

     Peter Yu at ext 11319
     Email:  [e-mail]

     Adam Weng at ext 12804
     Email:  [e-mail]