EX-8.1 2 v429370_ex8-1.htm EXHIBIT 8.1

 

Exhibit 8.1

 

List of Subsidiaries

  

    Date of   Place of   Percentage      
    Incorporation   Incorporation   of     Principal
Name   or Establishment   or Establishment   Ownership     Activity
                   
Subsidiaries:                  
State Harvest Holdings Limited(“State Harvest”)   October 6, 2004   British Virgin Islands   100%     Investment holding
                   
Beijing Origin State Harvest Biotechnology Limited (“BioTech”)   December 1, 2004   People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)   100%     Hybrid seed technology development
                   
Variable interest entity:                  
Beijing Origin Seed Limited (note (i)) (“Beijing Origin”)   December 26, 1997     PRC      -     Hybrid crop seed development, production and   distribution
                   
Subsidiaries held by Beijing Origin:                  
Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited (note (i))
(“Henan Cotton”)		   March 2, 2001   PRC    92.04%     Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
                   
Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited (note (i)) (“Changchun Origin”)   April 29, 2003   PRC   99.83%     Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
                   
Linze Origin Seed Limited
(note (i))		   November 18, 2008   PRC   100%     Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
                   
Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited (“Xinjiang Origin”) (note (i))   July 13, 2011   PRC   51%     Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution
                   
DenongZhengcheng Seed Limited (“Denong”)   June 21, 2000   PRC   98.58%     Hybrid seed development, production and distribution