EX-8.1 2 v429370_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 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
DenongZhengcheng Seed Limited (“Denong”) |  | June 21, 2000 |  | PRC |  | 98.58% |  |  | Hybrid seed development, production and distribution