Beijing, China
May 1, 2020

Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture technology and rural e-commerce company, today announced that Dr, Min Lin will join the Company's Board of Directors as independent board members.

Dr. Min Lin is currently a professor at the Biotechnology Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) located in Beijing, China. From 2005 to 2019, Dr. Lin served as the director of the Biotechnology Research Institute of CAAS. Dr. Lin also served as Executive Vice President for the Chinese Society of Agri-Biotechnology and Vice President for Chinese Society of Biotechnology. Dr. Lin has been a visiting scientist at the Institut Pasteur in France and at the Research Institute for Plant Protection (IPO-DLO) in the Netherlands. Dr. Lin received his Ph.D. and Master's Degree from CAAS and his Bachelor's degree in Biology from University of Sichuan.

"I'm very excited that Dr. Lin is joining our board, Dr. Lin is the leading agri-biotechnology scientist in China and has been in collaboration with Origin for many years," said Dr. Gengchen Han, Origin's Chairman and CEO. "I'm sure his addition to our board will help Origin to continue its leadership in the corn seed biotechnology development in China."

Website: http://www.originagritech.com

Published: May 1, 2020