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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

Origin Agritech Limited to Present at ICR XChange Asia Institutional Investor
                              Conference

    BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2007--Origin Agritech Limited
(NASDAQ: SEED) ("Origin") today announced that management is scheduled
to present at the ICR XChange Asia institutional investor conference
on December 5, 2007 at 3:00 pm ET. The event will take place at the
Reuters Conference Center in New York City. The presentation will be
broadcast live over the Internet at www.originagritech.com or
www.icrxchange.com. A replay of the webcast will be available after
the presentation for approximately 90 days.

    To register for the ICR XChange Asia please visit
www.icrxchange.com.

    About Origin

    Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Beijing, Origin Agritech
Limited (Nasdaq:SEED) is one of China's leading hybrid seed producers,
and an innovative agricultural company specializing in feeding the
growing populations of China and parts of Southeast Asia. Through its
vertically-integrated business model, Origin develops, grows,
processes, and markets hybrid seeds to farmers throughout China and
parts of Southeast Asia via a network of 3,200 distributors. Origin
operates in an industry estimated at US$2 billion that is expected to
double by 2010. The Company owns or leases facilities in 30 of China's
32 provinces, as well as in Beijing. Origin launched its first
entirely internally developed seed in 2003. As of 2006, Origin had a
proprietary portfolio of ten proprietary corn hybrids, six proprietary
rice hybrids and two proprietary canola hybrids, all of which are
commercialized. For further information, please see
http://www.originagritech.com.

    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
             Irving Kau, 760-918-1781
             Vice President, Finance
             or
             Investor Relations:
             The Equity Group Inc.
             Devin Sullivan, 212-836-9608
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