First Quarter 2008 Webcast Conference Call

SMIC SHANGHAI, China, April 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Please join SMIC's: -- Dr. Richard Chang, Chief Executive Officer and President -- Morning Wu, Acting Chief Financial Officer -- Theresa Teng, Head of Finance and Investor Relations

as they announce the company's first quarter results and take questions from investors on Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

The first 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 Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

CONFERENCE CALL / WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS DATE: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 TIME: 8:30 A.M. (Shanghai and Hong Kong) 8:30 P.M. (New York *please note that because this call is live, it will be taking place on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 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: Theresa Teng Head of Finance and Investor Relations Tel: +86-21-5080-2000 x16278 Email: Theresa_Teng@smics.com Phyllis Liu Investor Relations Tel: +86-21-5080-2000 x12315 Email: Phyllis_Liu@smics.com Anne Wong Chen Investor Relations Tel: +86-21-5080-2000 x12804 Email: Anne_CAYW@smics.com