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ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Advances To Suppliers [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets [Table Text Block] | Advances to suppliers consist of the following:
|  | September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |
Purchases of materials |  |  | 7,460 |  |  | 2,357 |
Prepayments for advertisement |  |  | 280 |  |  | 620 |
Prepayments for transportation fee |  |  | - |  |  | 928 |
Prepayments for operating lease |  |  | 218 |  |  | 186 |
Prepayments for testing fee |  |  | 284 |  |  | 134 |
Utility deposit |  |  | 935 |  |  | 977 |
Deposits for research and development fee |  |  | 1,301 |  |  | 1,050 |
Deposits for housing fund center |  |  | 323 |  |  | - |
Prepayment for seed usage right |  |  | - |  |  | 574 |
Others |  |  | 1,617 |  |  | 976 |
|  |  | 12,418 |  |  | 7,802 |

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