UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2022
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 000-51576
ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
No. 21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Changping District, Beijing 102206
(Address of principal executive office)
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Appointment of Director to Board of Directors of Origin Agritech Limited
Dr. Shaojiang Chen, 58, joined the Board of Directors of Origin Agritech Limited (“Company”) as an independent board member, effective November 1, 2022.
Dr. Chen is currently a professor at the China Agricultural University, Agronomy College, where he has been teaching since 2000. During 2017 to 2022, Dr. Chen also served as the Director at the Maize Breeding Engineering Center of the MOE, and has served as the Vice Director at the National Maize Improvement Center of China. Dr. Chen is widely published on many topics relating to fertilization and corn plant genetics. He also worked on a Sino-German Program at the University of Hohenheim, Germany from 2003 to 2013.
Dr. Chen has a BA from Henan Agricultural University in Agronomy, a MSc in Crop Genetics and Breeding from Henan Agricultural University, and a PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding, from Northeast Agricultural University.
Resignation of Mr. Rong Chen
Mr. Rong Chen resigned, as of March 31, 2022, as an independent director of the Company to pursue other business and personal endeavors.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| | By: | /s/ Han Gengchen |
| | Name: | Han Gengchen |
| | Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Dated: December 8, 2022
