EX-8.1 3 v397565_ex8-1.htm EXHIBIT 8.1

Exhibit 8.1

List of Subsidiaries

|  | Date of |  | Place of |  | Percentage |  |
|  | Incorporation |  | Incorporation |  | of |  | Principal
Name |  | or Establishment |  | or Establishment |  | Ownership |  | Activity
Subsidiaries: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State Harvest Holdings Limited(“State Harvest”) |  | October 6, 2004 |  | British Virgin Islands |  | 100% |  | Investment holding
Beijing Origin State Harvest |  | December 1, 2004 |  | People’s Republic |  | 100% |  | Hybrid seed
Biotechnology Limited (“BioTech”) |  |  |  | of China (“PRC”) |  |  |  | technology development
Variable interest entity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beijing Origin Seed Limited (note (i)) (“Beijing Origin”) |  | December 26, 1997 |  | PRC |  | - |  | Hybrid crop seed development,
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | production and
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | distribution
Subsidiaries held by Beijing Origin: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited (note (i)) (“Henan Cotton”) |  | March 2, 2001 |  | PRC |  | 92.04% |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited (note (i)) (“Changchun Origin”) |  | April 29, 2003 |  | PRC |  | 99.83% |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
Linze Origin Seed Limited (note (i)) |  | November 18, 2008 |  | PRC |  | 100% |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited (“Xinjiang Origin”) (note (i)) |  | July 13, 2011 |  | PRC |  | 51% |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
Denong Zhengcheng Seed Limited (“Denong”) |  | June 21, 2000 |  | PRC |  | 98.58% |  | Hybrid seed development, production and distribution

| Note (i): | Beijing Origin Seed Limited, Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited, Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited, Linze Origin Seed Limited and Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limitedare collectively referred to as “Beijing Origin”.