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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Origin Agritech LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001321851
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D6
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51576
		FILM NUMBER:		101084072

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 21 SHENG MING YUAN ROAD
		CITY:			CHANGPING DISTRICT BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			102206
		BUSINESS PHONE:		858-847-9000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 21 SHENG MING YUAN ROAD
		CITY:			CHANGPING DISTRICT BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			102206
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      <font style="font-size: 18pt"><b>UNITED STATES</b></font><br><font style="font-size: 18pt"><b>SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></font><br><font style="font-size: 13pt"><b>WASHINGTON,
      D.C. 20549</b></font><br><br><font style="font-size: 18pt"><b>FORM 6-K</b></font><br><br><b>REPORT
      OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</b><br><b>PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF</b><br><b>THE
      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </b><br><br><b>FOR THE MONTH OF <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">SEPTEMBER
      2010</font></b><br><b>COMMISSION FILE NUMBER <u>000-51576 </u></b><br><br><font style="font-size: 18pt"><b>ORIGIN
      AGRITECH LIMITED</b></font><br>(Translation of registrant's name into
      English)<br><br><b>No. 21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Changping District,
      Beijing 102206</b><br>(Address of principal executive office)
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      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
      reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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    <p style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">
      <b>Form 20-F [X] &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form 40-F [&#160;&#160;&#160;]</b>
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      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
      paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):<u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</u>
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      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
      paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):<u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</u>
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      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
      information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
      information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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      <b>Yes [&#160;&#160;&#160;] &#160;&#160;&#160;No [X]</b>
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      If &quot;Yes&quot; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
      registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.
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      <b>SIGNATURES </b>
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      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
      registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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            <b>ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED</b>
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            <u>/s/ Mr. Liang Yuan</u>
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            Mr. Liang Yuan
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            Chief Executive Officer
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            Date: September 22, 2010
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      <b>EXHIBIT</b>
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          &#160;
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            Description
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            99.1
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            Press release regarding the Worldwide Bt Agreement.
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.1
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Origin
      Agritech Limited Reaches Worldwide Agreement for Bt Gene</b></font>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <i><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Global
      Rights for</b></font></i><b><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">
      </font><i><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Genetically
      Modified (GM)</font></i><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">
      </font><i><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Corn,
      Soybean, Cotton, Canola, and other field crops products</font></i></b>
    </p>
    <p>
      BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 22, 2010--Origin Biotechnology, a
      wholly-owned subsidiary of Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED)
      announced it has reached an comprehensive, worldwide agreement with the
      Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
      (CAAS). CAAS jointly own the rights to the internally developed Bt-gene.
      Bacillus thuringiensis or &#8220;Bt&#8221; is a common soil bacterium that produces
      crystals that are toxic to certain insects. Origin Biotechnology already
      possesses the rights to this genetic trait in domestic China, and has
      been passing this product through the Ministry of Agriculture regulatory
      trials. This particular Bt- gene, demonstrated to be effective in both
      laboratory and field environments, is novel to the consumer markets in
      that it has never been commercialized, and is protected by patents
      granted separately by China and USA separately.
    </p>
    <p>
      For the life of the patent, Origin will possess exclusive rights to sell
      and develop field crops products that contain these technology traits
      worldwide, Origin will also receive exclusive rights to sub-license to
      any third parties to develop seed products that contain these traits.
      Origin Agritech will also receive the rights to improve and further
      develop enhancements on this Bt-gene.
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    <p>
      As a result of this agreement, Dr. Gengchen Han, Chairman of Origin,
      reiterated, &#8220;Origin continues to demonstrate that it is the leading,
      technology-focused crop seed company in China and improve its global
      technology product portfolio. Our industry goals are consistent -- to
      lead by serving farmers with unique enabling technology and services,
      producing, and protecting higher crop yields. We are focused on the
      production of higher quality seed products, whether proprietary or
      licensed.&#8221;
    </p>
    <p>
      The highly-effective, dominant Bt control solution was discovered in
      1901 and first used commercially in 1958. These insecticidal properties
      captured over 95 percent of the bio-pesticide market as of 2010,
      according to industry and academic reports. Over 30 subspecies and 800
      different strains of this bacterium are used currently in a variety of
      control mechanism for several insects and their larva which feed on
      fruits, vegetables, and other cash crops including corn and cotton.
      Although highly toxic to insects, Bt is harmless to humans because the
      human body lacks the digestive enzymes needed to dissolve Bt protein
      crystals into their active form.
    </p>
    <p>
      <b>UPDATE OF ORIGIN GM PROGRAM</b>
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    <p>
      <b>Phytase</b>
    </p>
    <p>
      World&#8217;s first transgenic phytase corn is expected to be commercially
      launched as the first genetically modified corn product in China as
      approved in November 2009. Phytase is currently used as an additive
      essential for the growth and development of all animals, and limits the
      amount of phosphorus waste in the environment. Phytase, as an additive
      for animal feed, is mandatory in Europe, Southeast Asia, South Korea,
      Japan, and Taiwan for environmental purposes. The worldwide phytase
      potential market size is US$500 million dollars, including US$200
      million for China alone, according to the China Feed Industry Study. The
      corn seed market in China is estimated at over US$1 billion.
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    <p>
      <b>Glyphosate (Herbicide) Resistance</b>
    </p>
    <p>
      Glyphosate tolerance has passed the intermediate testing phase (Phase 2)
      and entered the environmental release testing phase (Phase 3). The
      company expects this product to be this to be the following product
      commercialized after Phytase. This glyphosate tolerance gene is able be
      stacked with the Bt gene. Introduced in the US in 1998, the use of
      glyphosate resistant corn grew from 950,000 acres in 1998 to 2.3 million
      acres in 1999 to 41 million acres by 2007, or at a compounded annual
      growth rate of 51.9%, according to the US Department of Agriculture. The
      rapid historical adoption rate indicates farmers find this trait to
      extremely valuable<i><b>.</b></i> The high level of adoption of these
      crops by farmers has also caused the reduction in value of the remaining
      herbicide market.
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    <p>
      Since their introduction in 1996, over 75 million acres of genetically
      engineered glyphosate-resistant crops have been planted, making up 46%
      of the corn, 80% of soybean acres, and 70% of cotton acres in the US.
      These genetically engineered crops have been adopted by farmers because
      they are perceived to offer significant economic benefits over
      conventional crop and herbicide programs. The adoption of
      glyphosate-resistant crops has reduced costs for US farmers an estimated
      $1.2 billion. On the basis of recent adoption rates by growers around
      the world, it appears that glyphosate-resistant crops will continue to
      grow in number and in hectares planted.
    </p>
    <p>
      <b>Pest Resistance (Bt Corn)</b>
    </p>
    <p>
      Pest resistance (Bt Corn) has passed the intermediate testing phase
      (Phase 2)and entered the environmental release phase (Phase 3). In these
      phase 2 and 3 trials, these traits continue to perform as the best
      performing traits for pest resistance throughout China.
    </p>
    <p>
      Bt crops produce a protein toxic to specific insects used in areas with
      high levels of infestations of targeted pests. Bt cotton, which controls
      varieties of the budworm and bollworm, was planted on 59 percent of U.S.
      cotton acreage and over 75 percent of the Chinese cotton acreage in
      2010. Introduced in 1996 in the US, acreage of Bt corn has grown from
      3.6 million acres in 1999 to 44 million acres by 2007, or at a
      compounded annual growth rate of 36.7%, according to the US Department
      of Agriculture. This Bt corn variety was planted on 49 percent of U.S.
      corn acreage in 2007.
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      <u><b>About Origin</b></u>
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    <p>
      Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Beijing, Origin Agritech Limited
      (NASDAQ GS: SEED) is China&#8217;s leading, vertically-integrated agricultural
      biotechnology company specializing in research, development and
      production to supply the growing populations of China. Origin develops,
      grows, processes, and markets high quality, hybrid crop seeds to farmers
      throughout China and parts of Southeast Asia via a network of
      approximately 3,800 first-level distributors and 65,000 second-level
      distributors and retailers, and possesses a pipeline of genetically
      modified seed products including glyphosate resistant corn and Bt Corn.
      The first genetically modified corn seed product for China, Phytase
      corn, was approved in November 2009 of which Origin possesses exclusive
      rights. For further information, please log on <u>www.originagritech.com</u>.
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Forward Looking Statements</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      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 &quot;may,&quot; &quot;will,&quot; &quot;should,&quot; &quot;could,&quot; &quot;expects,&quot;
      &quot;plans,&quot; &quot;anticipates,&quot; &quot;believes,&quot; &quot;estimates,&quot; &quot;predicts,&quot;
      &quot;potential,&quot; &quot;targets,&quot; &quot;goals,&quot; &quot;projects,&quot; &quot;continue,&quot; 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 January 14, 2010. We undertake no obligation
      to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any
      reason.
    </p>
    <p>
      CONTACT:<br>Origin Agritech Limited<br>Irving H. Kau, +011 86 136 8108
      0243<br>Acting Chief Financial Officer<br><u>Irving.kau@originseed.com.cn</u>
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