Origin Agritech Announces Two More New Joint Ventures for Origin e-Commune Network

BEIJING,Dec.19,2018 --Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED)("the Company" or "Origin"),an agriculture technology and rural e-commerce company,today announced the establishment of two more new joint ventures: Shandong Aoyu Zhongye Limited(Shandong Aoyu) in Shandong province and Henan Aoyu Zhongye Limited (Henan Aoyu) in Henan province. Origin holds 51% of equity in both of the JVs.

The establishment of these two joint ventures,along with the Hubei Aoyu Agricultural Technology Limited (Hubei Aoyu) in Hubei province,Anhui Aoyu Zhongye Technology Ltd. (Anhui Aoyu) in Anhui province and Xuzhou Aoyu Agricultural Technology Ltd. (Xuzhou Aoyu) in Jiangsu province announced previously,completes the first stage of the Origin e-Commune Network development. These five JVs will be the cornerstone of Origin's SEED+ rural e-commerce business. The successful development of these five joint ventures demonstrated the acceptance of the major distributors toward revolutionary e-commune network philosophy in providing integrated and customized technology solution to the farmers across China.

The Origin e-Commune Network business has the target of RMB1 billion (~US$145 million) revenue during the fiscal year 2019.

About Origin Agritech Limited

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

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