SMIC (NYSE: SMI, SEHK: 981)

SHANGHAI, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --

Please join SMIC's:
• Tzu-Yin Chiu, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
• Gareth Kung, Chief Financial Officer
• En-Ling Feng, Senior Director, Investor Relations

as they announce the company's second quarter 2012 results and take questions from investors on Thursday, August 9, 2012.

The second 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 Thursday, August 9, 2012.

CONFERENCE CALL / WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS

DATE:          Thursday, August 9, 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 Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 EDT)

WEBCAST:

The call will be webcast live with audio at http://www.smics.com.hk/html/ir_calendar.php, or at http://www.media-server.com/m/p/4w439mjh

DIAL-IN:

For those without internet access, you may participate by dialing the following numbers:
US                             1-718-354-1231                                   (Passcode: SMIC)           
HK                             852-2475-0994                                     (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