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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-093079
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240827
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240827
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240827

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Origin Agritech LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001321851
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		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:		241243429

	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: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;6-K</B></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024<BR>
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER <U>000-51576</U></B></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: 18pt"><B>ORIGIN
AGRITECH LIMITED </B></FONT><BR>
(Translation of registrant's name into English)</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>No.&nbsp;21
Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Changping District, Beijing 102206</B></FONT><BR>
(Address of principal executive office)</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&nbsp;20-F or Form&nbsp;40-F.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Form&nbsp;20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></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&nbsp;6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1):&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7):&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; 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&nbsp;is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b)&nbsp;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;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></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&nbsp;12g3-2(b): 82-________</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Appointment of New Officer and Director</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">On August&nbsp;21, 2024, the
board of directors (&ldquo;Board&rdquo;) appointed Weibin Yan as the Chief Executive Officer and to be an additional director of Origin
Agritech Limited (&ldquo;Company&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">Dr.&nbsp;Gengchen Han was
appointed as the President of the Company, and continues as the Chairman of the Board.</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">Mr.&nbsp;Weibin
Yan, aged 58, was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company on August&nbsp;21, 2024. Mr.&nbsp;Yan was elected
as the Vice-Chairman of Hunan Provincial Federation of Industrial and Commerce in June&nbsp;2020. Mr.&nbsp;Yan was one of the principal
founders of the Ausnutria Dairy Corporation Ltd (&ldquo;Ausnutria&rdquo;), a company listed on the Hongkong Stock Exchange, and has been
acting as the chairman of Ausnutria from its establishment to September&nbsp;2023. Mr.&nbsp;Yan was a director of Yuan Longping High-tech
Agriculture Co., Ltd (&ldquo;Longping High-tech&rdquo;), a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, from 2004 to January&nbsp;2016.
At Longping High-tech, he served as chief executive officer from 2004 to April&nbsp;2010, vice chairman of the Board of directors from
2010 to January&nbsp;2016.</FONT> Mr.&nbsp;Weibian Yan has been served on the Origin Board as an Independent Director from 2017 to 2018.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Mr.&nbsp;Yan holds a Bachelor&rsquo;s
Degree in engineering and a Master&rsquo;s Degree in business administration from Hunan University.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Mr.&nbsp;Yan was appointed
a director of the Company because of his extensive management experience in senior positions and because of his long experience in managing
the operations of a significant public listed company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Private Placement of Ordinary Shares</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">On August&nbsp;21, 2024, the
Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (&ldquo;SPA&rdquo;) with two investors for the sale of 1,250,000 ordinary shares
(&ldquo;Shares&rdquo;) at $2.37 per share, for gross proceeds of $2,962,500. The shares to be sold under the terms of the SPA will represent
19.73% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company as of immediately prior to the date of the SPA. The share price was calculated
on the average of the closing price of an ordinary shares for the five days immediately before the signing of the SPA.</P>

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sale of the ordinary shares will be three tranches. The first tranche, representing </FONT>50% of the shares to be sold, will be on the
signing and consummation of the initial closing requirements of the SPA. The second tranche, representing 20% of the shares to be sold,
will be shortly after the filing of a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) providing
for the resale of all the shares under the SPA. The third tranche, representing 30% of the shares to be sold, will be shortly after the
SEC has declared effective the registration statement providing for the resale of the shares sold pursuant to the SPA.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The SPA provides for basic
representations and warranties by the Company to the purchasers, certain obligations to be fulfilled by the parties, including the registration
of the shares sold and listing of the additional shares on Nasdaq, and indemnification of the purchasers.</P>

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for working capital of the Company, increasing the registered capital of its Hainan variable interest entity, and pursuing a nutritional
business to be founded in Hong Kong.</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="text-align: justify; 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 COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/&nbsp;Weibin YAN</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Weibin YAN</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><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"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Dated: August&nbsp;</FONT>27,
2024</P>

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