Origin Agritech Announces Collaboration with BaoDao Feed Ltd. To Commercialize Nutrition Enhanced Corn

BEIJING,Jan. 4,2022 -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"),an agriculture technology company,announced today that it has signed a collaborative agreement with BaoDao Feed Ltd. ("BaoDao"),a Chinese feed producer with 500 million RMB in annual sales.

Under the terms of the agreement,the two companies will collaborate to produce and sell specialized corn crops to feed producers. The corn variety that Origin brings to the collaboration is very desirable for feedstock as it contains 160% higher crude fat content than conventional corn as well as higher amino acid content,eliminating the need for costly additives. The companies estimate a resulting cost savings of 200-300 RMB per metric ton which would effectively double the gross margins compared to BaoDao's sale of conventional corn as feedstock.

The total market for corn feedstock in China is 50 million metric tons per year,which equates to potential net profits of 150 billion RMB. Given the disruptive competitive advantages of Origin's corn,BaoDao estimates that the companies will reach 10 million metric tons in sales within 3-5 years. Origin anticipates the collaboration will positively impact the company's sales and earnings for 2022 and anticipates issuing guidance that reflects this impact soon.

"We are very excited to be opening up this new line of business," said Dr. Gengchen Han,Origin Agritech's Chairman. "We have gotten to know our customers and listened to their needs and let that drive our development of innovative new corn varieties. This partnership validates our customer-centric approach."

About Origin Agritech Limited

Origin Agritech Limited,founded in 1997 and headquartered in Zhong-Guan-Cun (ZGC) Life Science Park in Beijing,is a leading Chinese agricultural technology company. In crop seed biotechnologies,Origin Agritech's phytase corn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from China's Ministry of Agriculture. Over the years,Origin has established a robust biotechnology seed pipeline including products with glyphosate tolerance and pest resistance (Bt) traits. For further information,please visit the Company's website at: www.originagritech.com. The company also maintains a twitter account for updating investors on company and industry developments,which is @origin_agritech.

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For further information:

Kirin Smith

President,PCG Advisory

646-823-8656

Joe Ramelli

Director of Investor Relation

Phone: 310-845-6238

Email: joe@originagritech.com

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