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RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Related Party Relationships [Table Text Block] |
| (1) | Related party relationships
Name of related parties |  | Relationship
Jinong |  | Being an equity investment of the Company (note 10)
Liyu |  | Being an equity investment of the Company (note 10)
Henan Agriculture University |  | Being the non-controlling interest of Beijing Origin
Xinjiang Jinbo Seed Limited |  | Being the non-controlling interest of Xinjiang Origin
Schedule Of Amounts Due From Related Parties [Table Text Block] |
| (2) | Due from related parties
|  | September 30, |
| 2011 | 2012 |
| RMB | RMB |
Jinong |  | 3,505 |  | - |
Henan Agriculture University (note (i)) |  | 24 |  | 2,082 |
Non-controlling interests of Denong |  | 7 |  | - |
Xinjiang Jinbo Seed Limited |  | 1,447 |  | - |
Non-controlling interests of Kunfeng |  | 200 |  | - |
|  | 5,183 |  | 2,082 |
Note (i): The balance as of September 30, 2012 represented the research funding from Origin to SK Wu Research Institute (through Henan Agriculture University), which is jointly sponsored by the provincial government of Henan Province and Origin.
Schedule Of Amounts Due To Related Parties [Table Text Block] |
| (3) | Due to related parties
|  | September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |
Non-controlling interests of Denong |  | 113 |  | - |
Xinjiang Jinbo Seed Limited |  | - |  | 950 |
Companies controlled by the Company’s directors |  | 1,385 |  | 1,366 |
Ex-shareholders of State Harvest |  | 140 |  | 156 |
Liyu |  | 90 |  | 297 |
|  | 1,728 |  | 2,769 |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] |
| (4) | Transactions with related parties
| (a) | Sales to
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB |
Jinong |  | - |  | 2,000 |  | 8,319 |
| (b) | Purchases from
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB |
Biocentury |  | 116 |  | - |  | - |
Liyu |  | 240 |  | 90 |  | - |
Xinjiang Jinbo Seed Limited |  | - |  | - |  | 2,788 |
Jinong |  | 6 |  | - |  | 25,984 |
|  | 362 |  | 90 |  | 28,772 |
| (c) | Technology usage fees charged by
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB |
Liyu |  | 5,471 |  | 5,953 |  | 9,541 |
Henan Agriculture University |  | 68 |  | - |  | - |
Non-controlling interests of Denong |  | 599 |  | 602 |  | - |
Biocentury |  | 306 |  | - |  | - |
|  | 6,444 |  | 6,555 |  | 9,541 |
The above amounts related to technology usage fees paid to certain related party research centers for the exclusive right to use certain seed technologies.
| (d) | Purchases of plant and equipment from
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB |
Jinong |  | 150 |  | - |  | - |
| (e) | Rental expense paid for plant and equipment
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB |
Jinong |  | 935 |  | 468 |  | - |
| (f) | Research & Development expenses
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB |
Holding company of Jinong |  | 5,000 |  | 5,000 |  | - |
| (g) | Dividend received from
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB |
Liyu |  | 1,200 |  | 2,467 |  | 2,100 |
| (h) | Dividend paid to
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB |
Jinong |  | 5,025 |  | 10,050 |  | - |

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