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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities [Table Text Block] | As of September 30, 2018, the Company’s subsidiaries and variable interest entities included in continuing operations consisted of the following:
|  | 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
Beijing State Harvest Zhongying Network Technology Limited (“Zhongying Network”) |  | April 27, 2018 |  | PRC |  |  | 100 | % |  | Selling agricultural seed products, other agricultural inputs, foods, household products, and other consumer products on e-commerce platform
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
Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited (note (i)) (“Xinjiang Origin”) |  | July 13, 2011 |  | PRC |  |  | 51 | % |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
Henan Aoyu Zhongye Limited (note (i)) (“Aoyu Zhongye”) |  | July 16, 2018 |  | PRC |  |  | 51 | % |  | Agricultural seed products distribution through e-commune network
Note (i): | Beijing Origin Seed Limited, Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited, Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited, Zhengzhou Branch of Beijing Origin Seed Limited and Aoyu Zhongye are collectively referred to as “Beijing Origin”.
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities [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, 2017 and 2018 are as follows: Risks in relation to the VIE structure
|  | September 30, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | US$ |
ASSETS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 2,848 |  |  |  | 1,826 |  |  |  | 265 |
Due from related party |  |  | 33,300 |  |  |  | 129,506 |  |  |  | 18,826 |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Advances to suppliers |  |  | 5,293 |  |  |  | 1,188 |  |  |  | 173 |
Inventories |  |  | 41,914 |  |  |  | 81,903 |  |  |  | 11,906 |
Other current assets |  |  | 1,306 |  |  |  | 213 |  |  |  | 31 |
Total current assets |  |  | 84,685 |  |  |  | 214,636 |  |  |  | 31,201 |
Land use rights, net |  |  | 19,108 |  |  |  | 16,564 |  |  |  | 2,408 |
Plant and equipment, net |  |  | 177,282 |  |  |  | 172,760 |  |  |  | 25,113 |
Equity investments |  |  | 18,721 |  |  |  | 16,347 |  |  |  | 2,376 |
Acquired intangible assets, net |  |  | 8,585 |  |  |  | 2,024 |  |  |  | 294 |
Other assets |  |  | 4,196 |  |  |  | 1,202 |  |  |  | 175 |
Total assets |  |  | 312,577 |  |  |  | 423,533 |  |  |  | 61,567 |
LIABILITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term borrowings |  |  | 15,000 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Current portion of long-term borrowings |  |  | 35,504 |  |  |  | 78,235 |  |  |  | 11,373 |
Accounts payable |  |  | 1,451 |  |  |  | 7,952 |  |  |  | 1,156 |
Due to growers |  |  | 6,535 |  |  |  | 7,984 |  |  |  | 1,161 |
Due to related parties |  |  | 10,000 |  |  |  | 291,882 |  |  |  | 42,430 |
Advances from customers |  |  | 1,866 |  |  |  | 5,959 |  |  |  | 866 |
Other payables and accrued expenses |  |  | 30,454 |  |  |  | 37,295 |  |  |  | 5,421 |
Current liabilities of discontinued operations |  |  | 22,640 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total current liabilities |  |  | 123,450 |  |  |  | 429,307 |  |  |  | 62,407 |
Long-term borrowings |  |  | 56,769 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Other long-term liability |  |  | 20,468 |  |  |  | 21,278 |  |  |  | 3,093 |
Total liabilities |  |  | 200,687 |  |  |  | 450,585 |  |  |  | 65,500 |

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