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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

Origin Agritech Limited to Open New Production Facility in Southwest China

    BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2007--Origin Agritech Limited
(NASDAQ: SEED) ("Origin") announced today that it has completed a new
hybrid seed production facility in the city of Chengdu. Chengdu is the
capital of the Sichuan Province in the southwest region of China. The
new facility includes a hybrid rice and corn seed conditioning plant
with a capacity of 10,000 kilograms per hour, making it one of the
largest seed conditioning plants in southwestern China. The facility
also possesses a seed testing laboratory and 4,000 square meters of
administrative offices. The new facility increases the Company's
production capacity, significantly improves its supply and
distribution network in the region, and reinforces Origin's ability to
control the quality of its hybrid seeds at all levels.

    The Sichuan Province and the neighboring Hunan Province and Hubei
Province are known for growing rice. Therefore, from a strategic
perspective, the southern location of this new facility will
facilitate Origin's ability to deliver premium hybrid rice seed to
Southeast Asia in the near future.

    Dr. Gengchen Han, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Origin,
commented, "We believe this state-of-the-art facility should support
increasing demand for our premium seed products in Southwestern China.
Our measured expansion into the region should continue to be a major
growth driver for us near term and into the future. This addition
further strengthens Origin's vertically-integrated infrastructure
throughout mainland China."

    About Origin

    Origin specializes in the research, development, production, sale
and distribution of hybrid crop seeds in China. The Company owns or
leases facilities in, among other locations, Beijing, Gansu, Henan,
Helongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Hainan, Sichuan, Hebei, Yunnan, Jiangsu,
Shanxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Guangxi, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.
Origin launched its first entirely internally developed seed in 2003.
As of 2006, Origin had ten proprietary corn hybrids, six proprietary
rice hybrids and two proprietary canola hybrids currently on the
market.

    Forward Looking Statements

    This release contains forward-looking statements. All
forward-looking statements included in this release are based on
information available to us on the date hereof. These statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors,
which may cause our actual results to differ materially from those
implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may,"
"will," "should," "could," "expects," "plans," "anticipates,"
"believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "targets," "goals,"
"projects," "continue," or variations of such words, similar
expressions, or the negative of these terms or other comparable
terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in
the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee
future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from
those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Neither we nor any
other person can assume responsibility for the accuracy and
completeness of forward-looking statements. Important factors that may
cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not
limited to, those risk factors discussed in Origin's filings with the
SEC including its transition report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on
February 15, 2007. We undertake no obligation to revise or update
publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

    CONTACT: Origin Agritech Limited
             Jeff Wang, 0086-10-5890-7518
             Chief Financial Officer
             or
             Irving Kau, 760-918-1781
             Vice President, Finance
             or
             Investor Relations:
             The Equity Group Inc.
             Devin Sullivan, 212-836-9608
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