Origin Agritech Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates an agricultural biotechnology and an e-commerce platform in the People's Republic of China.

The company engages in crop seed breeding and genetic improvement activities.

It develops, produces, and distributes hybrid crop seeds, as well as develops hybrid seed technology.

The company also operates an e-commerce platform, which provides range of products, including agricultural seed products that comprise corn, rice, and vegetable seeds; other agricultural inputs, such as fertilizers and agricultural chemicals; foods; household products; and other consumer products to farmers through online and mobile ordering.

It has a collaboration agreement with Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the National Maize Improvement Center, China Agricultural University, and Zhejiang University.

Origin Agritech Limited was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.