SHANGHAI, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK) held its first Analyst Day in Shanghai, China on 15 September, 2009. Marco Mora, Chief Operating Officer, Morning Wu, Acting Chief Financial Officer, and other members of SMIC's senior management team discussed the Company's strategies on operations, marketing and sales, and technology development within the context of achieving the Company's profitability target. Vincent Gu, a senior analyst at iSuppli, was invited to be the keynote speaker to provide insight about the China IC market. In addition, the event had the honor of receiving top executives from two of SMIC's Chinese customers. Stanly Zhao, Chief Executive Officer of GalaxyCore Inc. and Feng Chen, Chief Marketing Officer of Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd. discussed their companies' growth strategies as well as their views on the cooperative relationship with SMIC. During the meeting the Company discussed its target for profitability which engages certain key components: technology migration, market conditions, lowering of fixed costs, and disciplined capital expenditure. Six presentations were presented by SMIC's management at the Analyst Day event. The materials, which provide a detailed update of the Company's progress and strategies, are available now on the Company's website: http://www.smics.com/ . About SMIC Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China, providing integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services at 0.35um to 45nm. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and three 200mm wafer fabs in its Shanghai mega-fab, two 300mm wafer fabs in its Beijing mega-fab, a 200mm wafer fab in Tianjin, a 200mm fab under construction in Shenzhen, and an in-house assembly and testing facility in Chengdu. SMIC also has customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and a representative office in Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC manages and operates a 200mm wafer fab in Chengdu owned by Cension Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation and a 300mm wafer fab in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation. For more information, please visit http://www.smics.com/ . For more information, please contact: Investor Contact: Beverly Liu Tel: +86-21-3861-0000 x16099 Email: DATASOURCE: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation CONTACT: Investors, Beverly Liu, +86-21-3861-0000 x16099, Web site: http://www.smics.com/

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