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<div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2010<br>
Registration No. 333-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></font></div>

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<div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="5">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549<br>
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</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="5">FORM S-8<br>
</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="4">REGISTRATION STATEMENT <br>
</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Under <br>
</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Securities Act of 1933<br>
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</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="5">Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation<br>
</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)<br>
<font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">_________________________</font></font></font></div>

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<td nowrap width="52%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">incorporation or organization)</font></font></td>
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<div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">No. 18 Zhangjiang Road<br>
Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201203<br>
People's Republic of China<br>
Attn: Mr. Gary Tseng, Chief Financial Officer<br>
(8621) 3861-0000<br>
</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Address of principal executive offices)<br>
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</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="4">Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation 2004 Stock Option Plan<br>
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></font></div>

<div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="4">Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan</font></font></div>

<div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Full title of the plan)<br>
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CT Corporation System<br>
111 Eighth Avenue, Floor 13<br>
New York, NY 10011-5213<br>
Tel: (212) 894-8940<br>
</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<br>
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Copy to: <br>
</font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Carmen Chang, Esq.<br>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati<br>
Professional Corporation<br>
650 Page Mill Road<br>
Palo Alto, CA 94304<br>
Tel: (650) 493-9300<br>
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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div>

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<td nowrap width="82%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Title of Securities</font></font></td>
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<td nowrap width="3%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Registered</font></font></td>
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<td nowrap width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(2) (3)</font></font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="82%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0004 per share</font></font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="82%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2004 Stock Option Plan and 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></td>
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<td align="right" nowrap width="3%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,117,667,733</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
<td align="right" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.0740</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
<td align="right" nowrap width="2%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">82,707,412.24</font></td>
<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(4)</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
<td align="right" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">9,602.33</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="82%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan</font></td>
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<td align="right" nowrap width="3%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">560,522,395</font></td>
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<td align="right" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">0.0740</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
<td align="right" nowrap width="2%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">41,478,657.23</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
<td align="right" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4,815.67</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="82%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total</font></td>
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<td align="right" nowrap width="3%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,678,190,128</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
<td align="right" nowrap width="2%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">124,186,069.47</font></td>
<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(4)</font></td>
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<td align="left" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
<td align="right" nowrap width="1%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">14,418.00</font></td>
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<td nowrap valign="top"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(1)</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">The Ordinary shares, par value $0.0004 per share (the &#8220;Ordinary Shares&#8221;), of the Registrant may be represented by the Registrant's American Depositary Shares (&#8220;ADSs&#8221;), each of which represents 50 Ordinary Shares.&#160;Two separate Registration Statements on Form F-6 (File No. 333-112725 and File No. 333-168228) have been filed for the registration of ADSs evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issuable upon deposit of Ordinary Shares.</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">The amount being registered also includes an indeterminate number of Ordinary Shares which may be offered as a result of any stock splits, stock dividends and anti-dilution provisions and other terms in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Represents (i) an increase approved by the Registrant&#8217;s Board of Directors and by its shareholders on June 23, 2009 of 1,117,667,733 Ordinary Shares reserved for future grant under the Registrant&#8217;s 2004 Stock Option Plan and 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and (ii) an increase approved by the Registrant&#8217;s Board of Directors and its shareholders on June 3, 2010 of 560,522,395 Ordinary Shares reserved for future grant under the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="100%"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for 1,117,667,733 Ordinary Shares under the Registrant&#8217;s 2004 Stock Option Plan and the 2004 Employee Stock <font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Purchase Plan and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for 560,522,395 Ordinary Shares under the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan are based on $3.70 per ADS (the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#8217;s ADSs as reported in the New York Stock Exchange on November 17, 2010), or $0.0740 per Ordinary Share.</font></font></td>
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<div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item 1. Plan Information. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof: </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the Commission on June 29, 2010 (File number 001-31994);</font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), since December 31, 2009; and </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(c) (1) The description of the Registrant's Ordinary Shares set forth under the heading "Description of Share Capital" and "Description of American Depositary Shares" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1, as filed with the Commission on March 11, 2004 (File Number 333-112720); and </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(2) The description of the Registrant's American Depositary Shares contained in the form of Deposit Agreement (including the form of American Depositary Receipt) among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Depositary, and all owners and beneficial owners from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder, filed as Exhibit (a) to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-6, dated March 10, 2004 (File Number 333-112725).</font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes <font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item 4. Description of Securities. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>None. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company's articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. The Registrant's Articles of Association permit indemnification of officers and directors for losses, damages, costs and expenses incurred in their capacities as such if they acted in good faith, in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant's best interests, in a manner that was not willfully or grossly negligent, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In addition, the Registrant has entered into service contracts with each of its directors and executive officers that provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in the Registrant's Articles of Association. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Not applicable. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item 8. Exhibits. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>See attached "Index to Exhibits" list. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item 9. Undertakings. </font></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </font></div>

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<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 15pt" align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </font></div>

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<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 15pt" align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and </font></div>

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<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 15pt" align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </font></div>

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<div align="left">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report filed on Form 20-F pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </font></div>

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<div align="left">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, on November 23, 2010. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David N. K. Wang as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. </font></div>

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<div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font size="3" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </font></div>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2010
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Cayman Islands
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
No. 18 Zhangjiang Road
Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201203
People's Republic of China
Attn: Mr. Gary Tseng, Chief Financial Officer
(8621) 3861-0000
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation 2004 Stock Option Plan
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue, Floor 13
New York, NY 10011-5213
Tel: (212) 894-8940
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
Carmen Chang, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: (650) 493-9300
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
c
Non-accelerated filer
c
Smaller reporting company
c
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Maximum
Proposed Maximum
to be Registered
Registered
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
(1)
(2) (3)
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0004 per share
2004 Stock Option Plan and 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
1,117,667,733
$
0.0740
(4)
$
82,707,412.24
(4)
$
9,602.33
Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
560,522,395
$
0.0740
(4)
$
41,478,657.23
(4)
$
4,815.67
Total
1,678,190,128
$
124,186,069.47
(4)
$
14,418.00
(1)
The Ordinary shares, par value $0.0004 per share (the "Ordinary Shares"), of the Registrant may be represented by the Registrant's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each of which represents 50 Ordinary Shares. Two separate Registration Statements on Form F-6 (File No. 333-112725 and File No. 333-168228) have been filed for the registration of ADSs evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issuable upon deposit of Ordinary Shares.
(2)
The amount being registered also includes an indeterminate number of Ordinary Shares which may be offered as a result of any stock splits, stock dividends and anti-dilution provisions and other terms in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(3)
Represents (i) an increase approved by the Registrant's Board of Directors and by its shareholders on June 23, 2009 of 1,117,667,733 Ordinary Shares reserved for future grant under the Registrant's 2004 Stock Option Plan and 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and (ii) an increase approved by the Registrant's Board of Directors and its shareholders on June 3, 2010 of 560,522,395 Ordinary Shares reserved for future grant under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
(4)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for 1,117,667,733 Ordinary Shares under the Registrant's 2004 Stock Option Plan and the 2004 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for 560,522,395 Ordinary Shares under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan are based on $3.70 per ADS (the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's ADSs as reported in the New York Stock Exchange on November 17, 2010), or $0.0740 per Ordinary Share.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the Commission on June 29, 2010 (File number 001-31994);
(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since December 31, 2009; and
(c) (1) The description of the Registrant's Ordinary Shares set forth under the heading "Description of Share Capital" and "Description of American Depositary Shares" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1, as filed with the Commission on March 11, 2004 (File Number 333-112720); and
(2) The description of the Registrant's American Depositary Shares contained in the form of Deposit Agreement (including the form of American Depositary Receipt) among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Depositary, and all owners and beneficial owners from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder, filed as Exhibit (a) to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-6, dated March 10, 2004 (File Number 333-112725).
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company's articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. The Registrant's Articles of Association permit indemnification of officers and directors for losses, damages, costs and expenses incurred in their capacities as such if they acted in good faith, in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant's best interests, in a manner that was not willfully or grossly negligent, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In addition, the Registrant has entered into service contracts with each of its directors and executive officers that provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in the Registrant's Articles of Association.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See attached "Index to Exhibits" list.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report filed on Form 20-F pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, on November 23, 2010.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
By:
/s/ David N.K. Wang
Name:  David N.K. Wang
Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David N. K. Wang as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jiang Shang Zhou
Jiang Shang Zhou
Chairman of the Board of Directors
November 23, 2010
/s/ David N. K. Wang
David N. K. Wang
President and Chief Executive Officer
November 23, 2010
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Gary Tseng
Gary Tseng
Chief Financial Officer
November 23, 2010
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Zhou Jie
Zhou Jie
Director
November 23, 2010
/s/ Gao Yonggang
Gao Yonggang
Director
November 23, 2010
Chen Shanzhi
Director
________ __, 2010
/s/ Tsuyoshi Kawanishi
Tsuyoshi Kawanishi
Director
November 23, 2010
Lip-Bu Tan
Director
________ __, 2010
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of the Registrant, has signed this Registration Statement in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, on November 23, 2010.
SMIC AMERICAS
By:
/s/ David N.K. Wang
Name:  David N.K. Wang
Title:    President
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Registrant's Eleventh Amended and Restated Articles of Association (previously filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed June 27, 2008 and amended November 28, 2008 (File No. 31994) and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Form of Deposit Agreement (including the form of American Depositary Receipt) among the Company, JP Morgan Chase Bank, as Depositary, and all owners and beneficial owners from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder (previously filed as Exhibit (a) to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-6, dated March 10, 2004 (File No. 333-112725), and incorporated herein by reference)
4.3
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation 2004 Stock Option Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-112720) on March 10, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.4
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-112720) on March 10, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.5*
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
5.1*
Opinion of Conyers, Dill & Pearman, Cayman Islands counsel to the Registrant, regarding the legality of the Ordinary Shares
23.1*
Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants Limited
23.2*
Consent of Conyers, Dill & Pearman (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Powers of attorney (included on signature page to the Registration Statement)
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Filed herewith.