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SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

中芯國際集成電路製造有限公司*

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Stock Code: 981)

Notification of Approval of the Publication of 2014 Annual Results by the Board

Pursuant to Rule 13.43 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (the "Company") hereby announces that the board of directors of the Company will consider on Monday, 30 March 2015, among other things, the approval of the publication of the announcement of the Company's audited annual results for the year ended 31 December
2014.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Shanghai, 16 March 2015

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are:

Executive Directors

Zhou Zixue (Chairman)

Tzu-Yin Chiu (Chief Executive Officer)

Gao Yonggang (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-executive Directors

Chen Shanzhi (Li Yonghua as his Alternate) Zhou Jie

Independent Non-executive Directors

William Tudor Brown

Sean Maloney Frank Meng Lip-Bu Tan

Carmen I-Hua Chang

* For identification purposes only

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