Origin Agritech Secures Exclusive Nationwide Rights to Zhongdan 6202, the Flagship Machine-Harvest Corn Hybrid Developed Under China's National 14th Five-Year Plan Breeding Program

Projected RMB 5 Million (US$0.74M) in Immediate Cash Flow

BEIJING, Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SEED) (the “Company” or “Origin”), a leading Chinese agricultural technology company, today announced that it has secured exclusive nationwide rights to Zhongdan 6202, the flagship early-maturing corn hybrid developed under China's National Key Research and Development Program of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Under the agreement signed with the Institute of Crop Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (“CAAS”), Origin Agritech holds exclusive rights across the full commercial chain — seed production, sales and marketing, demonstration promotion, and intellectual property enforcement — for a variety that carries national registration approval and three consecutive years of national trial data behind it.