The board of directors of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation announced that Dr. Zhou Zixue (Dr. Zhou), the chairman of the board (the Chairman) and an executive director of the company, has resigned as the chairman and the chairman of the nomination committee of the board with immediate effect due to personal health reasons. Dr. Zhou will continue to serve as an executive director of the Company after the aforementioned resignation. Dr. Gao Yonggang (Dr. Gao), an executive director, the chief financial officer and the company secretary of the company, has been appointed as the acting chairman of the company to perform the duties of the chairman and the chairman of the nomination committee of the Board, with immediate effect. Dr. Gao Yonggang, a non-executive director of the Company since 2009, was appointed as an Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning of the Company and re-designated as an executive director on 17 June 2013.