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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-18-012125
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181017
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181017
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181017

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Origin Agritech LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001321851
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D6
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51576
		FILM NUMBER:		181125607

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 21 SHENG MING YUAN ROAD
		CITY:			CHANGPING DISTRICT BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			102206
		BUSINESS PHONE:		858-847-9000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 21 SHENG MING YUAN ROAD
		CITY:			CHANGPING DISTRICT BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			102206
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1934 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED&nbsp;</B></P>

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6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT>&nbsp;</P>

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submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized
(the registrant&rsquo;s &ldquo;home country&rdquo;), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant&rsquo;s
securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed
to the registrant&rsquo;s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Origin Agritech Ltd. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) has
entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Longhan Investment Management Co., Ltd. (&ldquo;Longhan&rdquo;) pursuant
to which both companies will work together to start the commercialization of Integrated Saline-Alkaline Land Reclamation
technology in 2019, both in China and globally, and will integrate Longhan&rsquo;s technologies with the Company&rsquo;s seed
technologies and agricultural business platform.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Forward-Looking Statements</I></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>This
communication contains &quot;forward-looking statements&quot; as defined in the federal securities laws, including Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements address expected future business and financial performance
and financial condition, and contain words like &quot;expect,&quot; &quot;anticipate,&quot; &quot;intend,&quot; &quot;plan,&quot;
&quot;believe,&quot; &quot;seek,&quot; &quot;will,&quot; &quot;would,&quot; &quot;target,&quot; and similar expressions and variations.
Forward-looking statements address matters that are uncertain. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and are based on assumptions and expectations which may not be realized. They are based on management&rsquo;s current expectations,
assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and the industry in which the Company operates but involve a number of
risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's control. Some of the important factors that could cause the company's
actual results to differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements are: failure to develop and market new
products and optimally manage product life cycles; ability to respond to market acceptance, rules, regulations and policies affecting
our products; failure to appropriately manage process safety and product stewardship issues; changes in laws and regulations or
political conditions; global economic and capital markets conditions, such as inflation, interest and currency exchange rates;
business or supply disruptions; natural disasters and weather events and patterns; ability to protect and enforce the company's
intellectual property rights; and separation of underperforming or non-strategic assets or businesses. The company undertakes
no duty or obligation to publicly revise or update any forward-looking statements as a result of future developments, or new information
or otherwise, should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws. Although the
Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that
such expectations will turn out to be correct, and actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results. You are
urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained herein and are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
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    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Zheng James
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: October 17, 2018</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Origin Announces Strategic
Cooperation Agreement with Longhan Investment Management in Integrated Saline-Alkaline Land Reclamation Technology</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">BEIJING,&nbsp;October 17, 2018&nbsp;/<FONT STYLE="color: #333333">PRNewswire</FONT>/
--&nbsp;<B>Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED)</B>&nbsp;(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Origin&rdquo;), an agriculture technology
and rural e-commerce company, today announced that the Company has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Longhan
Investment Management Co., Ltd. (&ldquo;Longhan&rdquo;) pursuant to which both companies will work together to start the commercialization
of Integrated Saline-Alkaline Land Reclamation (&ldquo;ISALR&rdquo;) technology in 2019, both in China and globally, and will
integrate Longhan&rsquo;s technologies with Origin&rsquo;s seed technologies and agricultural business platform. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Longhan is an investment management
company and operating platform that focuses on government-supported major projects in agricultural development and food security.
With the Belt and Road initiative of the Chinese government, Longhan has developed and demonstrated its molecular biology technologies
for seed treatment and soil treatment. Longhan has successfully tested its technologies on cotton in The Republic of Uzbekistan
and on various crops, including corn, soybean, cotton, rice and vegetables, across several Chinese provinces with different degrees
of saline-alkaline soil. The yield improvement for different crops ranges from 10-15% in medium level saline-alkaline land and
over 15% for heavy saline-alkaline soil. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">China has about 1.5 billion mu
(100 million hectare) of saline-alkaline lands, while globally there is about 15 billion mu (1 billion hectare). Reclamation of
these lands has become more and more critical to address the growing food demand in China and around the world. The escalation
of the current U.S.-China trade dispute has intensified the Chinese government&rsquo;s attention towards food security. The technologies
for expanding plantable acreage through the reclamation of saline-alkaline lands are now well supported by the Chinese government.
China currently imports overs 80% of the nation&rsquo;s soybean demands. The ISALR technology will significantly increase the
plantable acreage for corn and soybean and could thus dramatically alleviate China&rsquo;s dependence on imported soybeans. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;We are impressed by Longhan&rsquo;s
technologies for seed and soil treatment and their initiative to work with the Chinese government to develop large reclamation
projects for saline and alkaline soil. The strategic direction set out by Longhan complements well with Origin&rsquo;s seed biotechnology
and seed breading technology,&rdquo; said Dr. Gengchen Han, Executive Chairman of Origin Agritech. Furthermore, large land reclamation
projects will generate significant agricultural input demands, including seeds, fertilizer and agricultural chemicals, which could
be better served with Origin&rsquo;s supply chain established by the Origin e-Commune Network announced previously. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;We&rsquo;re very pleased
to work with Origin Agritech, one of the premier brand for the agricultural industry in China. Origin&rsquo;s strong seed technologies
and its commercial experience could jump start our commercialization initiative for our state-of-art molecular biology technologies.
We look forward to our joint program and believe that we could see financial returns even at the onset of this cooperation in
2019, especially with the support of the Chinese government,&rdquo; said Mr. Shuangcheng Zhou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Longhan. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>About
Origin Agritech Limited</I></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Origin
Agritech Limited, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Zhong-Guan-Cun (ZGC) Life Science Park in Beijing, is China'sleading agricultural
technology and a rural social e-commerce company, expanding in mid-2018 from crop seed breeding and genetic improvement business
to be a leading technology developer in new rural e-commerce platform and Blockchain technologies. In crop seed biotechnologies,
Origin Agritech's phytase corn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from China's Ministry of Agriculture.
Over the years, Origin has established a robust biotechnology seed pipeline including products with glyphosate tolerance and pest
resistance (Bt) traits. For further information, please visit the Company's website at: http://www.originseed.com.cn or http://www.originseed.com.cn/en/.</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Forward-Looking
Statements</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>This
communication contains &quot;forward-looking statements&quot; as defined in the federal securities laws, including Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements address expected future business and financial performance
and financial condition, and contain words like &quot;expect,&quot; &quot;anticipate,&quot; &quot;intend,&quot; &quot;plan,&quot;
&quot;believe,&quot; &quot;seek,&quot; &quot;will,&quot; &quot;would,&quot; &quot;target,&quot; and similar expressions and variations.
Forward-looking statements address matters that are uncertain. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and are based on assumptions and expectations which may not be realized. They are based on management&rsquo;s current expectations,
assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and the industry in which the Company operates but involve a number of
risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's control. Some of the important factors that could cause the company's
actual results to differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements are: failure to develop and market new
products and optimally manage product life cycles; ability to respond to market acceptance, rules, regulations and policies affecting
our products; failure to appropriately manage process safety and product stewardship issues; changes in laws and regulations or
political conditions; global economic and capital markets conditions, such as inflation, interest and currency exchange rates;
business or supply disruptions; natural disasters and weather events and patterns; ability to protect and enforce the company's
intellectual property rights; and separation of underperforming or non-strategic assets or businesses. The company undertakes
no duty or obligation to publicly revise or update any forward-looking statements as a result of future developments, or new information
or otherwise, should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws. Although the
Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that
such expectations will turn out to be correct, and actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results. You are
urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained herein and are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.</I></FONT></P>

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Zhou</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Phone: +86-10-58907556</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Email:&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="color: #333333"><U>xin.zhou@originseed.com.cn</U></FONT></FONT></P>

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