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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-11-006747
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111114
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111114
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20111114

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51576
		FILM NUMBER:		111197827

	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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<DESCRIPTION>ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED  6-K
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt"><b>UNITED
      STATES</b></font><b><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt">SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">WASHINGTON,
      D.C. 20549</font><br><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt"><b>FORM
      6-K</b></font><br><br><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><b>REPORT
      OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </b></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><b>PURSUANT
      TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF </b></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><b>THE
      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><b>FOR
      THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 2011</b></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><b>COMMISSION
      FILE NUMBER </b></font><b><u><font style="font-family: Times New Roman">000-51576</font></u></b><br><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt"><b>ORIGIN
      AGRITECH LIMITED</b></font><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">(Translation
      of registrant's name into English)</font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><b>No.
      21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Changping District, Beijing 102206</b></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman">(Address
      of principal executive office)</font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark
      whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of
      Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Form 20-F [X] &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form
      40-F [&#160;&#160;&#160;]</b></font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman">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):</font><u><font style="font-family: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></u><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the
      registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman">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.</font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Yes [&#160;&#160;&#160;] &#160;&#160;&#160;No [X]</b></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman"></font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman">If &quot;Yes&quot; is marked, indicate
      below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
      12g3-2(b): 82-________.</font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><b>SIGNATURES
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">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.</font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"></font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><b>ORIGIN
      AGRITECH LIMITED</b></font>
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          By:
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            <u>/s/&#160;Gengchen Han</u>
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            Gengchen Han
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            Chairman, President and CEO
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            November 14, 2011
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      <b>EXHIBIT</b>
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            Exhibit Number
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            99.1
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            Press Release dated November 14, 2011.
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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-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Dr. James
      Chen Appointed as Origin Agritech&#8217;s Chief Financial Officer</b></font>
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      BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 14, 2011--<b>Origin Agritech Limited
      (NASDAQ:SEED) (&#8220;Origin&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;)</b>, a
      technology-focused supplier of crop seeds and agricultural products in
      China, today announced that Dr. James Chen will join Origin&#8217;s executive
      management team as the Chief Financial Officer.
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    <p>
      Dr. Chen served as an Investment Manager at Abu Dhabi Investment
      Authority (ADIA), the sovereign wealth fund owned by the Government of
      Abu Dhabi. In his investment manager capacity, Dr. Chen played a key
      role in helping ADIA manage equity investment in China related
      portfolios. After joining ADIA in 2008, he contributed significantly in
      setting up China A-Share QFII Fund and achieved consistent
      benchmark-beating performance since the fund&#8217;s inception. Prior to ADIA,
      Dr. Chen spent over five years in Sell-Side research, most recently as a
      Senior Research Analyst at Morgan Joseph and previously at BB&amp;T Capital
      Markets and Fulcrum Global Partners. He was a member of a top-ranked
      analyst team rated by Institutional Investors Journal and Wall Street
      Journal for their collective coverage in such companies as Dow
      Chemicals, Du Pont and Monsanto. Dr. Chen started his career at
      Univation Technologies, a joint venture between Exxon Mobile and Dow
      Chemical.
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      &#8220;With his balanced experience in capital markets and global chemical
      industries, James is uniquely qualified to lead our financial operations
      in the current global macro environment. We are very excited to welcome
      him to Origin,&#8221; said Dr. Gengchen Han, Origin&#8217;s Chairman, President and
      CEO. &#8220;With key leadership transitions in place, we are now well
      positioned to expand our leadership in China&#8217;s hybrid crop seeds market
      and continue the development and commercial application of our GMO
      portfolio.&#8221;
    </p>
    <p>
      Dr. Chen is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He received a Bachelor&#8217;s
      Degree from East China University of Science and Technology and an
      M.B.A. from New York University. Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. Degree in
      Chemical Engineering from University of Connecticut.
    </p>
    <p>
      <b>About Origin</b>
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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 food to 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 it 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 for which Origin possesses exclusive
      rights. For further information, please log on to <u>www.originagritech.com</u>.
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      <b>Forward Looking Statement</b>
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    <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 annual report on Form 20-F
      to be filed. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any
      forward-looking statements for any reason.
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      CONTACT:<br><b>Investor Contact:</b><br>Origin Agritech Limited<br>James
      Chen<br>Chief Financial Officer<br><u>james.chen@originseed.com.cn</u><br>or<br>Grayling<br>Shiwei
      Yin, 646.284.9474<br><u>shiwei.yin@grayling.com</u>
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