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)

（於開曼群島註冊成立之有限公司）

(Stock Code: 981) (股份代號: 981)

Dear Shareholder(s),

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Limited (the "Company")

Circular and Proxy Form for Extraordinary General Meeting (the "Current Corporate Communication")

29 January 2014
We are pleased to inform you that the English and Chinese versions of the Company's Current Corporate Communication are now available on the Company's website at www.smics.com.
If you have any difficulty in receiving or gaining access to the Current Corporate Communication posted on the Company's website for any reason, we will upon your notice send the printed form of the Current Corporate Communication to you free of charge as soon as possible. Please also note that you are entitled at any time to change your choice of language and means of receipt of all future Corporate Communication (Note) by giving reasonable notice in writing to the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, by post (Address: 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong) or by email (Email address: ir@smics.com).
If you have any queries about how to obtain a copy of the Current Corporate Communication or how to access the Current Corporate Communication on the Company's website, please call the hotline of the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar at (852)2862 8688 during business hours from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
For and on behalf of

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation

Note: Cor pora te Commun ication mean s any do cu men t i ssued or to be i ssued b y an i ssu er for the i nformation or a ctio n o f ho lder s o f an y o f i ts se cur itie s, includ ing bu t no t li mi ted to (a) the d ire ctor s' re por t, i ts an nual a cco un ts toge the r with a cop y o f the au d itor s' r epor t a nd , where appl i cable , its su mma ry finan ci al r epor t; ( b) the in ter im r epor t a nd , where appl i cabl e, su mmar y in t e rim rep or t; ( c) a no tice o f mee ting ; (d) a li sting d ocume nt; ( e) a ci rcu lar ; an d ( f) a pr oxy for m.

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敬啟者:
中芯國際集成電路製造有限公司*（「本公司」）

股東 特別大會通函及代表委任表格 （「本次公司通訊文件」）

本公司欣然知會閣下本公司之本次公司通訊文件的中、英文版本現已登載於本公司網站 （www.smics.com）。
倘 閣下因任何理由以致在收取或接收載於本公司網址上的本次公司通訊文件出現困難, 本公司將於接到 閣下通知後, 盡快向 閣下寄發本次公 司通訊文件的印刷本，費用全免。 閣下亦有權在任何時間以合理書面（地址爲香港灣仔皇后大道東 183 號合和中心 17M 樓）或電郵（電郵地 址爲 ir@smics.com）方式通知本公司的香港股份過戶登記處，香港中央證券登記有限公司，以更改今後所有公司通訊（附註）的語言版本及收取方式。
倘 閣下對於如何索取本次公司通訊文件或如何在本公司網址上閱覽本次公司通訊文件有任何疑問, 請致電本公司的香港股份過戶登記處熱綫
(852)2862 8688，辦公時間為星期一至五（公眾假期除外）上午 9 時正至下午 6 時正。
二零一四年一月二十九日
中芯國際集成電路製造有限公司*
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