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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-22-108315
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221013
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221013
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221013

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:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51576
		FILM NUMBER:		221308175

	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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 18pt"><B>UNITED
STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 13pt"><BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM 6-K</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN
PRIVATE ISSUER<BR>
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF<BR>
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B><BR>
<B><BR>
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2022</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>COMMISSION
FILE NUMBER <U>000-51576</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 18pt"><B>ORIGIN AGRITECH
LIMITED </B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><BR>
(Translation of registrant's name into English)<BR>
<B><BR>
No. 21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Changping District, Beijing 102206</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive office)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Form 20-F [X] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form
40-F [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Yes [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No
[X]</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If &quot;Yes&quot; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned
to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Entry
into Securities Purchase Agreement .</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">We
have entered into a securities purchase agreement with an investor under which we are selling 280,000 ordinary shares (&ldquo;Shares&rdquo;)
to the investor at a price of $8.80, for aggregate proceeds of $2,464,000. The company filed a prospectus supplement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on October 13, 2022, as a supplement to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration
Statement No. 333-</FONT> <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">253866) declared effective on March 15, 2021 (&ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;)
for the sale of these securities. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Origin
Agritech Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Origin Agritech&rdquo;), offered the Shares to
potential investors at a price of not less than $8.80 per share. The offering was under the prospectus supplement, made on a &ldquo;self-sell
basis,&rdquo; without engaging any broker-dealer, selling agent or other securities professional or intermediary. The Shares were offered
and sold through the efforts of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Dr. Gengchen Han, pursuant to a securities purchases agreement
entered into with the investor, as negotiated by the Chief Executive Officer and the purchasing investor. The Chief Executive Officer
did not receive any commission or other form of compensation from the sale of any Shares. He did not register as a broker-dealer pursuant
to Section 15 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 in reliance upon Rule 3a4-1, which sets forth those conditions under which a
person associated with an issuer may participate in the offering of the issuer's securities and not be deemed to be a broker-dealer.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
Company has filed to include the listing of the ordinary shares that it sold to the investor under the securities purchase agreement with
the Nasdaq Stock Market. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">We
currently have a sale agreement with Oasis Capital LLC, which generally restricts our sale of ordinary shares in other transactions while
placing securities thereunder, except for those that are by means of a private or public offering of our securities if the net proceeds
are greater than $2,000,000. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Copies
of the securities purchase agreement are filed with the SEC as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 6-K. The above descriptions of
these two agreements above is qualified in its entirety by the filed agreements.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></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 of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Han
    Gengchen</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Han Gengchen</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: October 13, 2022</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Exhibit Index</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Form 6-K</P>

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    <TD><A HREF="tm2228082d1_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2228082d1_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form of Sales Agreement with the investor and Origin Agritech Limited</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2228082d1_ex99-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2228082d1_ex99-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Maples &amp; Calder (Hong Kong) in respect of the sale of 280,000 ordinary shares </FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2228082d1_ex99-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2228082d1_ex99-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Maples &amp; Calder (Hong Kong) (Included in Exhibit 99.1)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 4.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>No.
21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Changping District, Beijing 102206, PRC</B></FONT><BR>
Ordinary Shares&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(no par value per share)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Sales Agreement</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in">October __, 2022</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 4in 0pt 0; text-align: justify">{Fill in address of buyer}&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 4in 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Peoples&rsquo; Republic of China&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 4.5in 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Origin Agritech Limited, a
British Virgin Islands company (the &ldquo;<B><U>Company</U></B>&rdquo;), confirms its agreement (this &ldquo;<B><U>Agreement</U></B>&rdquo;)
with _________ (the &ldquo;<B><U>Buyer</U></B>&rdquo;), with an address of ________, as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Issuance and Sale of Shares</U>. The Company agrees that on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it will
issue and sell to the Buyer, 280,000 ordinary shares, no par value, (the &ldquo;<B><U>Placement Shares&rdquo;)</U></B> of the Company
(the &ldquo;<B><U>Common Stock</U></B>&rdquo;) at a purchase price per share of US$8.80, or an aggregate purchase price of $2,464,000
(the &ldquo;<B><U>Purchase Price</U></B>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The offer and sale of Placement
Shares to the Buyer will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) filed by the Company and which was declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><U>Commission</U></B>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has filed, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B><U>Securities Act</U></B>&rdquo;) and the rules
and regulations thereunder (the &ldquo;<B><U>Securities Act Regulations</U></B>&rdquo;), with the Commission a registration statement
on Form F-3, Registration Statement No. 333-253866, including a base prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the Placement
Shares to be issued by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<B><U>Exchange Act</U></B>&rdquo;), and the rules and
regulations thereunder. The Company has prepared a prospectus or a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included as part of the
registration statement, which prospectus or prospectus supplement relates to the Placement Shares (the &ldquo;<B><U>Prospectus Supplement</U></B>&rdquo;).
The Company will furnish to the Buyer copies of the prospectus included as part of such registration statement, as supplemented, by any
prospectus supplement relating to the Placement Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement(s), including
all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information contained in a Prospectus (as
defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations or deemed to be
a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B of the Securities Act Regulations, is herein called the &ldquo;<B><U>Registration
Statement</U></B>.&rdquo; The base prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration
Statement, as it may be supplemented, if necessary, by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such Prospectus Supplement have
most recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations, is herein
called the &ldquo;<B><U>Prospectus</U></B>.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Any reference herein to the
Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, or Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated
by reference therein (the &ldquo;<B><U>Incorporated Documents</U></B>&rdquo;), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents,
if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms &ldquo;amend,&rdquo; &ldquo;amendment&rdquo;
or &ldquo;supplement&rdquo; with respect to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act on or after the most-recent effective date of the Registration
Statement, or the date of the Prospectus Supplement, or Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated therein by reference. For purposes
of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed
to include the most recent copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system, or
if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Application system when used by the Commission (collectively, &ldquo;<B><U>EDGAR</U></B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Sale and Delivery to the Buyer; Settlement</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Sale and Delivery of Placement Shares</U><I>. </I> On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the sale of the Placement Shares will occur on the date of this Agreement, and delivery
will be within three business days after the date of the Prospectus Supplement for the sale of the Placement Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Payment for the Placement Shares</U><I>. </I> The Purchase Price will be due to be paid to the Company prior to delivery of
the Placement Shares, on the date mutually agreed by the parties hereto (the &ldquo;<B><U>Settlement Date</U></B>&rdquo;), but within
three business days after the date of the Prospectus Supplement for the sale of the Placement Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Denominations; Registration</U><I>. </I>Certificates for the Placement Shares, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered
in such names as the Buyer may request in writing at least one full Business Day (as defined below) before the Settlement Date. Otherwise,
the Placement Shares will be represented by a DRS statement or delivered as instructed by electronic means as provided by the Buyer. Risk
of electronic delivery and delays thereof, if any, is on the Buyer. The certificates for the Placement Shares, if any, will be made available
by the Company for examination and packaging by the Buyer in The City of New York not later than&nbsp;noon (New York time) on the Business
Day prior to the Settlement Date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Representations and Warranties of the Company</U>. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with Buyer that as of
the date of this Agreement and the Settlement Date:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Registration Statement and Prospectus</U>. The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements
for and comply with the applicable conditions set forth in Form F-3 (including General Instructions I.A and I.B) under the Securities
Act. The Registration Statement has been or will be filed with the Commission and has been or will be declared effective by the Commission
under the Securities Act prior to the Settlement Date. The Company has not received, and has no notice of, any order of the Commission
preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, or threatening or instituting proceedings for that purpose. The Registration
Statement and the offer and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the requirements of Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities
Act and comply in all material respects with said Rule. Any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement have been so described
or filed. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements and all documents incorporated
by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available
through EDGAR, to Buyer and its counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of each Settlement Date and
completion of the distribution of the Placement Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering or sale
of the Placement Shares other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and Form 6-K. The Common Stock is registered pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is currently listed on NASDAQ (the &ldquo;<B><U>Exchange</U></B>&rdquo;) under the trading symbol
 &ldquo;SEED.&rdquo; The Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration
of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, delisting the Common Stock from the Exchange. To the knowledge of the Company has not received
any notification that the Commission or the Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. To the knowledge of the
Company, it is in material compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Exchange.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Misstatement or Omission</U>. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, and the Prospectus, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of such
date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, when it became or
becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto,
on the date thereof and at the Settlement Date, did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will
not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information
furnished to the Company by Buyer for use in the preparation thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act</U>. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under
the Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, as applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Financial Information</U>. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) as of the dates indicated and the consolidated
results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders&rsquo; equity of the Company for the periods specified (subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments for interim financial statements) and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities
Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with United States GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved; the other financial
and statistical data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) contained or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, are accurately and fairly presented and prepared in all material respects on a basis consistent
with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are
required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated
by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including
any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), and the Prospectus;
and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, regarding &ldquo;non-GAAP
financial measures&rdquo; (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with
Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data
in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus fairly
presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission&rsquo;s rules and
guidelines applicable thereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Conformity with EDGAR Filing</U>. The Prospectus delivered to Buyer for use in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares
pursuant to this Agreement will be identical to the versions of the Prospectus created to be transmitted to the Commission for filing
via EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Organization</U>. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing as a corporation and, except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly licensed or qualified as a foreign corporation for transaction of business and in good
standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective
businesses requires such license or qualification, and have all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective
properties and to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on or affecting the assets, business, operations, earnings,
properties, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, stockholders&rsquo; equity or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a &ldquo;<B><U>Material
Adverse Effect</U></B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Subsidiaries</U>. The subsidiaries of the Company set forth in the most recent Form 20-F of the Company filed with the Commission
(collectively, the &ldquo;<B><U>Subsidiaries</U></B>&rdquo;), are the Company&rsquo;s only significant subsidiaries (as such term is defined
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Violation or Default</U>. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is (i)&nbsp;in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii)&nbsp;in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of
any material term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are subject; or (iii)&nbsp;in violation of any law or statute or any
judgment, order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any
such violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Material Adverse Change</U>. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement,
and the Prospectus (including any document deemed incorporated by reference therein), there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect
or the occurrence of any development that the Company reasonably expects will result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction
which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iii) any obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including
any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, (iv) any material change in the capital stock or outstanding long-term indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than
in each case above in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including
any document deemed incorporated by reference therein).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Capitalization</U>. The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been validly issued, are fully paid
and, other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal or similar rights. The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as of the dates referred to therein (other than the grant of options or other securities under the Company&rsquo;s
existing stock option plans, or changes in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company due to the issuance of shares
upon the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof) and such
authorized capital stock conforms to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Authorization; Enforceability</U>. The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform
the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal and
binding agreement of the Company, generally enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally and by general
equitable principles.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Authorization of Placement Shares</U>. The Placement Shares, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the
board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly authorized executive committee, against payment therefor
as provided herein, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security
interest or other claim, including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar
rights, and will be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Finder&rsquo;s Fees</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder&rsquo;s fees,
brokerage commissions or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, except as may otherwise exist with
respect to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Covenants of the Company</U>. The Company covenants and agrees with Buyer that:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Registration Statement Amendments</U>. After the date of this Agreement and during any period in which a Prospectus relating
to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by Buyer under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement
may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act or similar rule), (i)&nbsp;the Company will notify the Buyer promptly of
the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, other than documents incorporated by reference, has been filed with
the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and of any request by the Commission
for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (ii)&nbsp;the Company will
prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Buyer&rsquo;s request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement
or Prospectus that, in the Buyer&rsquo;s reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the
Placement Shares by the Buyer (<I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the failure of the Buyer to make such request shall not relieve the
Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Buyer&rsquo;s right to rely on the representations and warranties made
by the Company in this Agreement; (iii)&nbsp;the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus
relating to the Placement Shares unless a copy thereof has been submitted to Buyer within a reasonable period of time before the filing
and the Buyer has not objected thereto (<I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the failure of the Buyer to make such objection shall not
relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Buyer&rsquo;s right to rely on the representations and warranties
made by the Company in this Agreement and the Company has no obligation to provide the Buyer any advance copy of such filing or to provide
the Buyer any opportunity to object to such filing if such filing does not name the Buyer and does not relate to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, and the Company will furnish to the Buyer at the time of filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is
deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus, except for those documents available via EDGAR;
and (iv)&nbsp;the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant
to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by reference,
to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed (the determination to file
or not file any amendment or supplement with the Commission under this <U>Section 7(a)</U>, based on the Company&rsquo;s reasonable opinion
or reasonable objections, shall be made exclusively by the Company).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Notice of Commission Stop Orders</U>. The Company will advise the Buyer, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge
thereof, of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
for the Placement Shares, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will promptly use its commercially
reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. The Company
will advise the Buyer promptly after it receives any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information related to the offering of the Placement Shares or for additional
information related to the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes</U>. During any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is
required to be delivered by the Buyer under the Securities Act with respect to the offer and sale of the Placement Shares, (including
in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act or similar rule), the Company will
comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or before their respective
due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the Exchange Act. If the Company has omitted any information from
the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with
the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and to notify the Buyer promptly of all
such filings. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement
or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify the Buyer to suspend the offering of Placement Shares
during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company)
so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the Company may delay any
such amendment or supplement if, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, it is in the best interest of the Company to do so.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Listing of Placement Shares</U>. Prior to the Settlement Date, the Company will use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause
the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Payment of Expenses</U>. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
Buyer will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Conditions to Buyer&rsquo;s Obligations</U>. The obligations of the Buyer hereunder with respect to purchasing the Placement
Shares will be subject to the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein on the date of
this Agreement and the Settlement Date, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the satisfaction (or
waiver by the Buyer in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Registration Statement Effective</U>. The Registration Statement shall have become effective and shall be available for the
sale of the Placement Shares by the Company to the Buyer.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Material Notices</U>. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (i)&nbsp;receipt by the Company
of any request for additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state Governmental Authority, the response to which
would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (ii)&nbsp;the issuance by
the Commission or any other federal or state Governmental Authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii)&nbsp;receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; or (iv)&nbsp;the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement
made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any material document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference
untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or documents so
that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus,
it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Material Changes</U>. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or disclosed in the Company&rsquo;s reports filed with the Commission,
there shall not have been any material adverse change in the authorized capital stock of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect or
any development that would cause a Company Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Suspension</U>. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended on the Exchange, and the Common Stock shall not
have been delisted from the Exchange.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Securities Act Filings Made</U>. All filings with the Commission required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act to have been
filed prior to the Settlement Date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Company Board Approval and Other Company Actions</U>. The board of directors of the Company will have approved this Agreement
and the issuance of the Placement Shares, and the officers of the Company will have taken all other required acts for the issuance and
delivery of the Placement Shares to the Buyer.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Approval for Listing</U>. The Placement Shares shall either have been (i) approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only
to notice of issuance, or (ii) the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or
prior to, the Settlement Date and the Exchange shall have reviewed such application and not provided any objections thereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>No Termination Event</U>. There shall not have occurred any event that would permit the Buyer to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to <U>Section 12(a)</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Indemnification</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Buyer Indemnification</U>. Buyer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense, as incurred, with respect
to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto),
and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Buyer
and furnished to the Company by the Buyer used therein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><U>Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse</U><I>. </I> If an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying
party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be
liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if (1)&nbsp;such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (2)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such
settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into, and (3)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed
such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery</U>. The indemnity agreement contained in <U>Section 7</U> of this Agreement
shall survive, as of their respective dates, regardless of (i)&nbsp;any investigation, (ii)&nbsp;delivery and acceptance of the Placement
Shares and payment therefor or (iii)&nbsp;any termination of this Agreement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Termination</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Buyer may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, as hereinafter specified at any time prior to the Settlement
Date (1)&nbsp;if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement and prior to the Settlement Date, of any change in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business, properties, earnings, or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, which individually or in the aggregate, in the
reasonable judgment of the Buyer is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to purchase the Placement Shares, (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;if
trading in the Common Stock has been suspended or limited by the Commission or the Exchange, or if trading generally on the Exchange has
been suspended or limited, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, or (3)&nbsp;if a banking moratorium has been
declared by either U.S. Federal or New York authorities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party
except that the provisions of, <U>Section 7</U> (Indemnification), <U>Section 8</U> (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery),
<U>Section 14</U> (Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and <U>Section 15</U> (Consent to Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If the Buyer elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this section, the
Buyer shall provide the required notice as specified in <U>Section 10</U> (Notices).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Company shall have the right, prior to the Settlement Date, by notice as hereinafter specified, to terminate this Agreement
in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any
other party except that the provisions of <U>Section 7</U>, <U>Section 8</U>, <U>Section 14</U>, and <U>Section 15</U> hereof shall remain
in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Notices</U>. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any party to any other party pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified, and if sent to the Buyer, shall be delivered to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">{fill in Buyer&rsquo;s name and address}&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">Attention:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;Mr. ____</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">Facsimile:&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">Email:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in">and if to the Company,
shall be delivered to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">Origin Agritech Limited&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">No. 21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">Changping District, Beijing 102206&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">PRC&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">Attention: Dr. Gengchen Han&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">Telephone: (86-10) 5890-7588&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">Fax: (86-10) 5890-7577&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">Email: ghan@originseed.com.cn</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">with a copy to (which is only for information
purposes and not notice):</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Golenbock Eiseman
Assor Bell &amp; Peskoe LLP&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">711 Third Avenue&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">New York, NY 10017&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">Attention: Andrew D. Hudders&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">Email: ahudders@golenbock.com</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each party to this Agreement
may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Each
such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i)&nbsp;when delivered personally on or before 4:30&nbsp;p.m., New York City
time, on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii)&nbsp;on the next Business Day
after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii)&nbsp;on the Business Day actually received if deposited in
the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For purposes of this Agreement, &ldquo;<B><U>Business
Day</U></B>&rdquo; shall mean any day on which the Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">An electronic communication
(&ldquo;<B><U>Electronic Notice</U></B>&rdquo;) shall be deemed written notice for purposes of this Section if sent to the electronic
mail address specified by the receiving party under separate cover. Electronic Notice shall be deemed received at the time the party sending
Electronic Notice receives verification of receipt by the receiving party. Any party receiving Electronic Notice may request and shall
be entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a nonelectronic form (&ldquo;<B><U>Nonelectronic Notic</U>e</B>&rdquo;) which shall be
sent to the requesting party within ten (10) days of receipt of the written request for Nonelectronic Notice.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Successors and Assigns</U>. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Buyer and their
respective successors and the parties. References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors
and permitted assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the
parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason
of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the other party; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the Buyer may assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to an affiliate thereof without obtaining the Company&rsquo;s consent.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Adjustments for Stock Splits</U>. The parties acknowledge and agree that all share-related numbers contained in this Agreement
shall be adjusted to take into account any stock split, stock dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Placement Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability; Waiver</U>. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto)
constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral,
among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant
to a written instrument executed by the Company and the Buyer. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or
the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction,
then such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the
remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not
contained herein, but only to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof shall
be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement. No implied waiver by a party shall arise in the absence
of a waiver in writing signed by such party. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any right, power, or privilege hereunder.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><B><U>GOVERNING LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL</U>. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><B><U>CONSENT TO JURISDICTION</U>. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL
COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM
THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS
AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE
GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be
made by facsimile or electronic transmission.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Construction</U>. The section and exhibit&nbsp;headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof. References herein to any law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any Governmental Authority shall
be deemed to refer to such law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any Governmental Authority as amended,
reenacted, supplemented or superseded in whole or in part and in effect from time to time and also to all rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">18.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Absence of Fiduciary Relationship</U>. The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>neither the Company, Subsidiaries nor their affiliates have provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice to Buyer with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and Buyer has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors
to the extent it has deemed appropriate; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>Buyer waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Company, Subsidiaries or their affiliates
for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Placement Shares under this Agreement
and agrees that the Company, Subsidiaries and their affiliates shall not have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract,
tort or otherwise) to it in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on its behalf or
in right of it or the Buyer or its employees or creditors of Buyer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">19.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Definitions</U>. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B><U>Governmental
Authority</U></B>&rdquo; means (i) any federal, provincial, state, local, municipal, national or international government or governmental
authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court,
tribunal, arbitrator or arbitral body (public or private); (ii) any self-regulatory organization; or (iii) any political subdivision of
any of the foregoing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B><U>Rule 164</U></B>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<B><U>Rule
172</U></B>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<B><U>Rule 405</U></B>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<B><U>Rule 415</U></B>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<B><U>Rule 424</U></B>,&rdquo;
 &ldquo;<B><U>Rule&nbsp;424(b)</U></B>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<B><U>Rule&nbsp;430B</U></B>,&rdquo; and &ldquo;<B><U>Rule&nbsp;433</U></B>&rdquo;
refer to such rules under the Securities Act Regulations.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">All
references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is &ldquo;contained,&rdquo; &ldquo;included&rdquo;
or &ldquo;stated&rdquo; in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean
and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
</FONT>or the Prospectus, as the case may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All references in this Agreement
to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy
filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; and all references in this Agreement to &ldquo;supplements&rdquo; to the Prospectus shall
include, without limitation, any supplements, &ldquo;wrappers&rdquo; or similar materials prepared in connection with any offering, sale
or private placement of any Placement Shares by the Buyer outside of the United States.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">[<B><I>Signature Page Follows</I></B>]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If the foregoing correctly
sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Buyer, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon
this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Buyer.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding-right: 5.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:&#9;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:&#9;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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IN NAME OF BUYER}&nbsp;</B></P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:&#9;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Origin Agritech Limited</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 276pt 0pt 0">c/o Maples Corporate Services (BVI) <BR>
Limited Kingston Chambers</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">PO Box 173</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Road Town, Tortola</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">13 October 2022</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dear Sirs</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Origin Agritech Limited (the &quot;Company&quot;)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We are lawyers licensed and registered to advise
on the laws of the British Virgin Islands. We have acted as counsel as to British Virgin Islands law in connection with the Company's
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&quot;<B>SEC</B>&quot;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Company's
registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-253866) dated 4 March 2021 and declared effective by the SEC on 15 March 2021,
including all amendments or supplements thereto, the prospectus supplement dated 13 October 2022 and the base prospectus dated 16 March
2021 (collectively, the &quot;<B>Registration Statements</B>&quot;) relating to an aggregate offering of up to 280,000 ordinary shares
of no par value of the Company (the &quot;<B>Ordinary Shares</B>&quot;) to be issued by the Company from time to time, to potential investors
at a fixed price of US$8.80 per Ordinary Share, pursuant to securities purchases agreement to be entered into with one or more purchasing
investor(s) (&quot;<B>Securities Purchases Agreements</B>&quot;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>1</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Documents
Reviewed</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We have reviewed originals, copies, drafts or conformed copies of the
following documents:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">1.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The public records of the Company on file and available for public inspection at the Registry of Corporate
Affairs in the British Virgin Islands (the &quot;<B>Registry of Corporate Affairs</B>&quot;) on 11 October 2022, including the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation and its Memorandum and Articles of Association (the &quot;<B>Memorandum and Articles</B>&quot;).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">1.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The records of proceedings available from a search of the electronic records maintained on the Judicial
Enforcement Management System from 1 January 2000 and available for inspection on 11 October 2022 at the British Virgin Islands High Court
Registry (the &quot;<B>High Court Registry</B>&quot;).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">1.3</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The unanimous written resolution of the board of directors of the Company dated 12 October 2022 (the &quot;<B>Resolutions</B>&quot;).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">1.4</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The corporate records of the Company maintained at its registered office in the British Virgin Islands.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">1.5</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">A certificate of good standing with respect to the Company issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs
dated 11 October 2022 (the &quot;<B>Certificate of Good Standing</B>&quot;).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">1.6</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Registration Statements.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>2</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Assumptions</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The following opinions are given only as to, and
based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to
the laws of the British Virgin Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter. In giving the following opinions we have
relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy, as at the date of this opinion letter, of the Certificate of
Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Memorandum and Articles remain in full force and effect and are unamended.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Resolutions were signed by all the directors of the Company (the &quot;<B>Directors</B>&quot;) in
the manner prescribed in the Memorandum and Articles of the Company, including as to the disclosure of any director's interests (if applicable),
and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.3</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The members of the Company (the &quot;<B>Members</B>&quot;) have not restricted or limited the powers
of the directors of the Company in any way.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.4</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Directors at the date of Resolutions and at the date of this opinion letter were and are Gengchen
Han, Michael Walter Trimble, Fei Wang and Min Lin.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.5</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The minute book and corporate records of the Company as maintained at its registered office in the British
Virgin Islands are complete and accurate in all material respects, and all minutes and resolutions filed therein represent a complete
and accurate record of all meetings of the Members and directors (or any committee thereof) (duly convened in accordance with the Memorandum
and Articles) and all resolutions passed at the meetings, or passed by written resolution or consent, as the case may be.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.6</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Copies of documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies
of, or in the final forms of, the originals, and translations of documents provided to us are complete and accurate.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.7</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">All signatures, initials and seals are genuine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.8</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">All public records of the Company which we have examined are accurate and that the information disclosed
by the searches which we conducted against the Company at the Registry of Corporate Affairs and the High Court Registry is true and complete
and that such information has not since then been altered and that such searches did not fail to disclose any information which had been
delivered for registration but did not appear on the public records at the date of our searches.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.9</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">There is no contractual or other prohibition or restriction (other than as arising under British Virgin
Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting or restricting it from issuing the Ordinary Shares.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Ordinary Shares.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.11</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">There will be a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares authorised for issue under the Company's Memorandum
and Articles at the time of issuance.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.12</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">There is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands) which would or might
affect the opinions set out below.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.13</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">No invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the British Virgin
Islands to subscribe for any of the Ordinary Shares.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.14</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The issue of the Ordinary Shares under the Securities Purchases Agreements will be of commercial benefit
to the Company.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">2.15</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Company is not the subject of legal, arbitral, administrative or other proceedings in any jurisdiction.
Nor have the directors and/or Members taken any steps to have the Company struck off or placed in liquidation, nor have any steps been
taken to wind up the Company. Nor has any receiver been appointed over any of the Company's property or assets.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing assumptions and the qualifications
set out below, and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">3.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Company is a company limited by shares registered with limited liability under the BVI Business Companies
Act (As Revised) (the &quot;<B>Act</B>&quot;), is in good standing at the Registry of Corporate Affairs, is validly existing under the
laws of the British Virgin Islands and possesses the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">3.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">With respect to the Ordinary Shares, when (i) the board of directors of the Company (the &quot;<B>Company's
Board</B>&quot;) has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related
matters; (ii) the issue of such Ordinary Shares has been recorded in the Company's register of members (shareholders); and (iii) the subscription
price of such Ordinary Shares has been fully paid in cash or other consideration approved by the Company's Board and pursuant to the Securities
Purchases Agreement (where applicable), the Ordinary Shares will be duly authorised, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. As
a matter of British Virgin Islands law, a share is only issued when it has been entered in the register of members (shareholders).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">4.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To maintain the Company in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, annual filing fees
must be paid to the Registry of Corporate Affairs.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.2pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 35.8pt">4.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Under section 42 of the Act, the entry of the name of a person in the register of members of a company
as a holder of a share in a company is prima facie evidence that legal title in the share vests in that person. A third party interest
in the shares in question would not appear.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">An entry in the register of members may yield to a court
order for rectification (for example, in the event of inaccuracy or omission).</P>

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that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, and in absence of a contractual arrangement, or an obligation
pursuant to the memorandum and articles of association, to the contrary, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the shares by
the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship
or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstance in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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no comment with respect to any representations and warranties which may be made by or with respect to the Company in any of the documents
or instruments cited in this opinion or otherwise with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions, which are the subject of this
opinion.</P>

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as an exhibit to the Registration Statements. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations of the SEC thereunder.</P>

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limited to the matters contained in the opinions section above and do not extend to any other matters. We have not been asked to review
and we therefore have not reviewed any of the ancillary documents relating to the Ordinary Shares and express no opinion or observation
upon the terms of any such document.</P>

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Company's legal advisors as to United States laws for the purposes solely of any legal opinion that they may be required to give with
respect to the Registration Statements.</P>

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