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
Origin Agritech USA LLC	August 12, 2016	United States of		100%	Hybrid seed
(“Origin USA”)		America (“USA”)			technology development
Beijing Origin State Harvest	December 1, 2004	People’s Republic		100%	Hybrid seed
Biotechnology Limited (“BioTech”)		of China (“PRC”)			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
Denong Zhengcheng Seed Limited (“Denong”)	June 21, 2000	PRC		98.58%	Hybrid seed development, production and distribution

Note (i): Beijing Origin Seed Limited, Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited, Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited, Linze Origin Seed Limited and Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited are collectively referred to as “Beijing Origin”.