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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities [Table Text Block] | As of September 30, 2016, 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 |
Origin Agritech USA LLC (“Origin USA”) |  | August 12, 2016 |  | United States of America (“USA”) |  |  | 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)) (“Linze Origin”) |  | November 18, 2008 |  | PRC |  |  | 100% |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution |
Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited (note (i)) (“Xinjiang Origin”) |  | 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] | The Company has aggregated the financial information of Beijing Origin and its subsidiaries in the table below. The aggregated carrying amount of assets and liabilities of Beijing Origin and its subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances consolidated in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 and 2016 are as follows: Risks in relation to the VIE structure
|  | September 30, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2016 |
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | US$ |
ASSETS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 65,138 |  |  | 53,855 |  |  | 8,065 |
Restricted cash |  |  | - |  |  | 21,181 |  |  | 3,172 |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 2,051 |  |  | 491 |  |  | 74 |
Advances to suppliers |  |  | 20,796 |  |  | 21,672 |  |  | 3,245 |
Advances to growers |  |  | 10,483 |  |  | 6,885 |  |  | 1,031 |
Inventories |  |  | 439,518 |  |  | 368,042 |  |  | 55,114 |
Income tax recoverable |  |  | 49 |  |  | 48 |  |  | 7 |
Other current assets |  |  | 4,292 |  |  | 4,730 |  |  | 708 |
Total current assets |  |  | 542,327 |  |  | 476,904 |  |  | 71,416 |
Restricted cash |  |  | 20,280 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Land use rights, net |  |  | 31,722 |  |  | 30,740 |  |  | 4,603 |
Plant and equipment, net |  |  | 324,812 |  |  | 313,688 |  |  | 46,975 |
Equity investments |  |  | 18,721 |  |  | 18,721 |  |  | 2,803 |
Goodwill |  |  | 11,973 |  |  | 11,973 |  |  | 1,793 |
Acquired intangible assets, net |  |  | 22,593 |  |  | 16,961 |  |  | 2,540 |
Other assets |  |  | 3,079 |  |  | 2,410 |  |  | 362 |
Total assets |  |  | 975,507 |  |  | 871,397 |  |  | 130,492 |
LIABILITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term borrowings |  |  | 220,000 |  |  | 190,000 |  |  | 28,452 |
Current portion of long-term borrowings |  |  | 24,000 |  |  | 7,023 |  |  | 1,052 |
Accounts payable |  |  | 4,386 |  |  | 4,371 |  |  | 655 |
Due to growers |  |  | 17,337 |  |  | 19,926 |  |  | 2,984 |
Due to related parties |  |  | 40,757 |  |  | 103,905 |  |  | 15,560 |
Advance from customers |  |  | 264,168 |  |  | 208,464 |  |  | 31,217 |
Deferred revenues |  |  | 11,248 |  |  | 7,008 |  |  | 1,049 |
Income tax payable |  |  | 37 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Other payables and accrued expenses |  |  | 49,845 |  |  | 53,216 |  |  | 7,969 |
Total current liabilities |  |  | 631,778 |  |  | 593,913 |  |  | 88,938 |
Long-term borrowings |  |  | 27,023 |  |  | 20,000 |  |  | 2,995 |
Other long-term liability |  |  | 19,939 |  |  | 27,507 |  |  | 4,120 |
Total liabilities |  |  | 678,740 |  |  | 641,420 |  |  | 96,053 |

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