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    ORIGIN
AGRITECH LTD

    No.
21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road

    Changping
District, Beijing

    China  102206

    June 9,
2010

    Mail Stop
3561

    US
Securities and Exchange Commission

    100 F
Street NE

    Washington,
DC  20549

              Re:

              Origin
      Agritech Ltd.

    Registration Statement on Form
F-3

    File No. 333-166236

    Ladies
and Gentlemen:

    In
connection with the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File  No.
333-166236)  of Origin Agritech Ltd. (the “Company”), the undersigned
hereby requests, pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, acceleration of the effective date of said
Registration Statement to 3:00 p.m. on June 11, 2010, or as soon thereafter as
practicable.

    In
connection with the Registration Statement, the Company acknowledges
that:

    (1)           should
the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the
filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with respect to the filing;

    (2)           the
action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority,
in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full
responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;
and

    (3)           the
Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities law of the United States.

              ORIGIN
      AGRITECH LTD.

                By:

              /S/
      Irving Kau

              Name:
      Irving Kau

                Title:
      Acting CFO