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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities [Table Text Block] | As of September 30, 2014, details of the Company’s subsidiaries and variable interest entities are as follows:
|  | 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 Biotechnology Limited (“BioTech”) |  | December 1, 2004 |  | People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) |  | 100% |  | Hybrid seed 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 Limited are collectively referred to as “Beijing Origin”.
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Loss on disposal of a subsidiary included in the consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income for the year ended September 30, 2014:
|  |  | RMB |
Net liabilities and amounts due from Kunfeng at the date of disposal attributable to Origin Agritech Limited |  |  | 14,623 |
Less: Consideration satisfied by cash |  |  | (12,000) |
Loss on disposal of a subsidiary |  |  | 2,623 |

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